Modern First Editions from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Jonathan Cape 1988. 8vo. First edition hardback in dust jacket, 154 pp. Light bumping to spine ends and spot on top-edge, a few scratches to jacket. The novel follows Meissen porcelain collecto, Kasper Utz, as he tries to leave his home in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War only to find himself unable to come back because of his collection.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Heinemann 1961. 8vo. First Edition. 256 pp. Publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine and in pictorial unclipped dust jacket. Short closed tears to jacket's top edge and spotting to rear panel. Previous owner's name in ink to ffep, otherwise clean internally. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1961.

London Melbourne Toronto: Heinemann 1963. 16mo. First Edition. [iv], 258 pp. Recently bound in a lovely full black morocco. Gilt borders to boards and raised bands with gilt ruling and lettering to spine; a.e.g. and marbled endpapers. Internally clean. No previous owner's names. A beautiful copy of Sylvia Plath's (Victoria Lucas) semi-autobiographical novel, published shortly before her death. 19cms tall.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape 1952. 8vo.Illustrated. First UK edition, 1st issue. 127 pp. Blue hardcover with red designs to spine and boards in pictorial unclipped dust jacket. Short closed tears to jacket extremities and patch of loss at top corner and tail of spine. Spine of both jacket and book has faded. Internally clean, without ownership names. . Very Good. Hardcover.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1967. 8vo. Signed first edition. 255 pp. Green hardcover with gilt and red lettering to the spine, in a dustjacket. Edge wear and some markings to the jacket. Author's signature to the title page. Darkening and a blue ink ownership inscription to the first free endpaper, but otherwise clean internally. Binding firm. . Near Fine. Hardcover.… Ler mais sobre este item

London Melbourne Toronto: Heinemann 1960. 8vo. First edition. [vi], 229 pp. Red cloth in pictorial unclipped jacket. A couple of short closed tears to jacket, which is sunned and rubbed in parts. Internally clean. The 5th volume in the novel, A Dance to The Music of Time, Powell's comic examination of manners and movements in mid-20th century English society. Ranked… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Secker & Warburg 1950. 8vo. First edition. [vii], 212 pp. Recently bound in half green morocco over green cloth boards. Raised bands to spine with decorative gilt devices and gilt lettering. Top edge stained red. New endpapers. Minor spotting to fore-edge, otherwise clean. Includes the pieces grouped together under the title 'I write as I please', which are a… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Picador published by Pan Books 1992. 8vo. First edition. 245 pp. Black hardcover with gilt lettering to the spine, in a dustjacket. Some edge wear to the jacket, otherwise in lovely clean condition. This is Colm Toibin's second novel, for which he won the 1993 Encore Award. 0330321242 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1992.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd 1959. 4to. First English edition. [ii], 62 pp. Pictorial boards over cloth spine, with illustrated endpapers. Edge-worn, but internally clean and colours bright. . Very Good. Pictorial Boards. First English Edition. 1959.

London: Secker & Warburg 1949. 16mo. First edition. 312 pp. Recently bound in a lovely full black morocco with raised bands to spine and gilt lettering; a.e.g; marbled endpapers. Light scratch at bottom edge. Spotting to the first 15 pages and fingerprints between p. 95 and p. 101. Folds at corners of a few leaves. P. 263 is missing the… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Women's Press 1994. 8vo. First edition 1994 with no US equivalent, burgundy hardback in dust jacket, ix, 290 pp. Creasing to top edge of jacket and a few marks to panels. The definitive volume of stories by Alice Walker, child of the America's Deep South and Pulitzer-prize winning author of "The Colour Purple". 'Short stories provide a form… Ler mais sobre este item

Manchester; County Meath, Ireland: Carcanet; Gallery Books 1990. 8vo. First hardback edition 1990 with an introduction by Seamus Heaney, black hardback in pictorial dust jacket, 280 pp. Fading to spine and to edges of jacket, internally clean. Though a recognised poet, radio dramatist, story-writer and essayist in Ireland, Padraic Fallon refused to collect his poems until shortly before his death.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Hutchinson of London 1973. 8vo. Signed first edition. 71 pp. The softcover issue with a red and black design to the front cover. Author's signature to the title page. Spine and rear cover darkened, otherwise in clean condition. Binding firm. Funland by the Welsh poet and physician Dannie Abse uses the metaphor of a mental institution to develop a… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago, Illinois: Third World Press 1972. Small 8vo. First edition. 36 pp. Pictorial softcover. Slight rubbing and creasing to edges, internally clean. Walker details the birth and development of her acclaimed work, Jubilee. 21.5cms tall. . Near Fine. Softcover. First Edition. 1972.

London: Hamish Hamilton 1963. 8vo. First Edition. xiv, 460 pp. Grey cloth with black lettering to the spine, in green dustjacket. Jacket price-clipped with some minor edge wear. Some foxing to the top edge and markings to the fore edge, but internally clean. With an introduction by Mark Schorer. No US equivalent was issued. . Near Fine. Gilt Lettered Cloth.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape 1957. Small 8vo. First edition, black hardback in a Denis Piper illustrated jacket, 160 pp. Foxing to extremities, rear free endpaper missing. A few light stains to edges of some of the leaves but on the whole internally clean, jacket darkened. An account of a major campaign against a diamond smuggling racket in Africa, illustrated with b/w… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Andre Deutsch 1963. 8vo.Review Copy. First edition, review copy with slip. 192 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in unclipped pictorial jacket. Jacket rubbed and there are a couple of short closed tears to its extremities. Boards clean, internally clean. With a jacket design by Len Deighton. The hero of Richler's book is a Candian Inuit man… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1960. 8vo. 416 pp. Red cloth with black lettering to the spine, in dustjacket. Small tear at the head of the spine. Some bumping to the spine and creasing at the corners of binding. Internally clean. This is the first edition of the author's first novel, a philosophical yet thrilling murder mystery set in London. .… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Hutchinson of London 1968. 8vo. First edition. [8], 53 pp. Black hardback in pictorial jacket with portrait of the author to back panel. A few light marks to jacket, nice and clean inside. Price sticker to front flap of jacket. Poems in this collection are of three groups: Missa Humana, text which is to be sung by mass; A… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1965. 8vo.Presentation Copy. First edition. 91 pp. Hardcover with silver gilt lettering to spine in unclipped pictorial jacket. Short closed tears along top edge of front panel jacket, otherwise clean and in near fine condition. Black and white illustrations. From the library of the author, Andrew Salkey. The inscription reads 'Andrew, best Barbadian wishes from… Ler mais sobre este item