Rare First Edition (219 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Preface by the Archbishop of Tuam. Pp. 58. Bound in with an Irish version in gaelic. Soft covers. Red tape to top of spine overlaps onto front & rear covers. Previous owner's name &address in neat hand on half title page. Else good. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 12 in the Chatto Counter Blast Series, collected in their own right. This one is a first edition, first printing, and it is SIGNED by Douglas Dunn on the title page, and as such is rare. Unread looking, clean and firm. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Bryson revisits Britain, and enchants us all afresh with wit and knowledge. Clean and tight, NEW AND UNREAD, and including the RARE postcard specially printed for this book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A great sprawling signature across the title page by Geraint Evans, in blue ink. That is the reason to buy this clean first edition copy of this wonderful book. Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION SOFTBACK. Brilliant novel, widely praised. This is an unread copy, opened only for the signature. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. An unread copy of the UK hardback first edition. Clean and tight with only one production flaw; the publisher used cheap paper! The text block is therefore a bit tanned. But it is clean and tight. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A fairly scarce hardback first edition made doubly desirable by the author's signature on the title page. Signed at Charleston Festival. This looks read, but there are few signs of usage. The protected jacket is not clipped. The corners of the boards are square and undamaged. The text block is without marks except for the signature. No dedication, just the author's name. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. VERY RARE AS A SIGNED FIRST EDITION HARDBACK> A stunning novel about innocence and sin, the tale of an unusual rite of passage with terrible consequences. By the prize-winning young author of The Land of Decoration. A S Byatt and Hilary Mantel have reviewed this book in glowing terms. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED first hardback edition. A nicely produced and wonderfully funny book from this fabulous entertaining writer. This collects many of her wise, wry, and always funny pieces for the Times newspaper. Signed on the title page, unread, as new, perfect in every way. No flaws. Plenty to chuckle about and a beautiful signature. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Perfect new SIGNED first printing of the first edition hardback, in a perfect protected jacket. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Perfect signed NEW and UNREAD first hardback edition. Signed on the title page. Protected jacket. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED on the title page, not dedicated, no owner marks, perfect protected jacket. Unread and without flaws. Ascerbic, of course. Mordant as ever. Witty and pithy. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. RARE FIRST EDITION HARDBACK OF THE UK EDITION. Protected unclipped jacket. Ann Douglas's magnificent account of "mongrel Manhattan" focuses especially on brilliant and diverse artists - F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, Eugene O'Neill, Walter Winchell, Ernest Hemingway and Irving Berlin among them - and on those who influenced them most strongly, the powerful figures of Sigmund Freud, William James and Gertrude Stein. Slight dust across the top of the text block. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Signed and dated, no dedication. This wonderful novel came very close, and one wonders what her further work will yield. This is a paperback original first printing with an overprinted Man Booker listing. A complete number line. Unread copy, perfect. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. The rarer UK first printing is the most sought after, and here is a perfect copy of Volume 4, The Ironwood Tree, bought from the publisher and stored ever since in a low light book room. Perfect unread and unopened new copy of the first printing. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED on a special bookplate - this is the first American edition, unread and in a protected jacket. Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. RARE as a signed first edition. This is the UK hardback, NEW & UNREAD. Signed on the title page. No dedication. No owner marks. Not ex-library. Perfect wide sash dustjacket. As Neil Gaimans wrote, 'The strangest, most brilliant offering yet from the mind behind Lemony Snicket.' Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. RARE in the UK. A large format - comic size! - stiff covered first edition from Daniel Clowes. Brilliant. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED on the title page, a paperback original with sturdy flaps. NEW and unread. PERFECT collectable. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. RARE signed first edition. No former owner marks, no damage. If it has been read it has been done so without damage. Clean and tight binding, undamaged corners. A reluctant signer, this is one for the collector. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED first printing of the first hardback, in superb collectable condition. Signed on the title page, no dedication. Unread looking, tight and firm. An attractive blind stamp is the only flaw if flaw it be. A difficult signer, so this one is a real find. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED As New. FIRST EDITION and FIRST PRINTING. An as new hardback in an as new protected dust wrapper. The book is unread. The dust wrapper is protected with a clear, inert, removeable, plastic cover. SIGNED ON THE HALF TITLE. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. RARE signed frist edition hardback. Unread copy, signed on the title page. No dedication. No former owner marks. Unclipped perfect protected jacket. Utterly collectable. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Unread looking first printing of the first hardback edition. Protected unclipped cover, with a great Peter Howson painting. Clean and tight, no marks. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Perfect and perfectly rare; this is an unread, as new, SIGNED first printing of the world first edition. It is in a perfect protected jacket, with the Whitbread sticker. Signed on the title page in blue ink. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Sought after novel by the Booker shortlisted author, uncommon as a signed first. This is a new and unread copy, signed on the title page. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Impression. Groundbreaking work on prison history and reform. First hardback edition in a near-perfect condition. Book has an owner's name and an attractive blind stamp, hence the grading as NEAR FINE. Unclipped and protected jacket. 0.0 0.0 0.0.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION HARDBACK. Brilliant novel, widely praised. This is an unread copy, opened only for the signature. The jacket is perfect and protected. Tanning to edges of text block, as normal. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A small book with a big heart; Truss never writes a dull sentence. This was signed at the Charlestone Festival. I believe this could be the only signed copy in the whole wide world! It is a modest little tome, but perfectly formed by an expert on the subject. Signed by Author. …

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. This volume of chuckle ready verses is nicely titled Five Tons Of Jam; Flann O'Brien thought there was too much poetry about, and most of it was bad. He wrote, 'Nobody is going to manufacture a thousand tons of jam in the expectation five tons may be eatable.' Mister Orland is most definitely wishing the precious five tons; he makes you think and he amuses you. In no particular order he flavours us with words both sweet and tart. This volume is beautifully signed on the title page, and could well be the only copy so decorated. It's a snip at the price. Signed by Author.…