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Modern First Edition books represents one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of book collecting, attracting collectors of literature across a range of ages and catering to a very broad church of tastes and enthusiasms. Here we have a wide variety of signed, inscribed, and limited editions by the most sought-after authors. Shop now.

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  • Inside the Whale.

    ORWELL, George.
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    First edition of this uncommon collection of Orwell essays, consisting of 3 lengthy pieces: 'Charles Dickens', 'Boys' Weeklies' and 'Inside the Wh...

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  • This Side of Paradise; The Beautiful and Damned; The Great Gatsby; Tender is the Night; The Last Tycoon.

    FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
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    Superb set of five first editions. A superb set of first editions by one of the leading authorial voices of the Jazz Age, uniformly bound in an att...

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  • The Man Without Qualities:

    MUSIL, Robert.
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    One of the most prestigious novels of the 20th century'. A very pleasing near-fine set of the Austrian writer's masterpiece. The Man Without Qualit...

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  • Out of Africa.

    BLIXEN, Karen.
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    The UK edition precedes the much more common Random House printing. Memorably filmed. This is by far the best copy we have handled.Out of Africa i...

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  • A Burnt-Out Case.

    GREENE, Graham.
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    Presentation copy. The first English language edition, preceded by a translation in Swedish published by P.A. Norstedt & Soners in the previous...

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  • Alfie.

    NAUGHTON, Bill.
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    Presentation copy. Warmly inscribed by the author to the actor Alfred Marks: 'To Alfred Marks with affection and respect from Bill Naughton - and w...

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  • Roger Fry. A Biography.

    WOOLF, Virginia.
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    An unusually well-preserved copy of the author's sole book-length biography, written at the request of the family of the famous painter and member...

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  • Animal Farm.

    ORWELL, George.
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    The first edition of Orwell's socio-political classic, intended by the author to serve as a satirical take on the events that led up to the Russia...

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  • Ninety-Two Days.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Presentation copy to Juliet Duff. An account of Waugh's travels in British Guiana and Brazil. Inscribed by the author to Lady Juliet Duff (1881-196...

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  • Sonnets for Caresse.

    CROSBY, Harry.
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    One of 100 copies - inscribed by the poet. Inscribed by the poet in green ink to the first blank: '"Il erre, éveillant les échos, / et ses pas, son...

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  • The Naked Lunch.

    BURROUGHS, William.
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    One of the triumphs of the Beat movement. An exceptional copy of Burroughs masterpiece, one of the triumphs of the Beat movement. Not common in thi...

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  • This is Tomorrow

    HAMILTON, Richard; CROSBY, Theo (editor).
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    Pioneering multi-disciplinary exhibition which radically affected architectural and artistic practice in the 1950s. Scarce catalogue for the landma...

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  • Summer Moonshine.

    WODEHOUSE, P.G.
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    First issue dust-jacket. An impressive example of the first U.K. printing of Summer Moonshine in the correct first issue dust-jacket. Former big-ga...

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  • The Fat Woman's Joke [with] The Fat Woman's Joke 1966 typescript.

    WELDON, Fay.
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    Presentation copy - with signed 1966 typescript. First edition inscribed twice by the author in ink to the front free endpaper, together with the s...

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