BARKER Pat

The Ghost Road. [Tenth Impression]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Viking,, [1995]. 8vo., Tenth Impression; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top a little dusty else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Final volume of the author's outstanding Regeneration trilogy, following Regeneration (1991) and The Eye in the Door (1993). Published a month after the first edition.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 12213

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first edition, modern firsts, ww1, wwi, great war, siegfried sassoon, pat barker, regeneration trilogy

BARKER Pat

The Ghost Road. [Tenth Impression]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Viking,, [1995]. 8vo., Tenth Impression; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, mild tide mark at lower outer edge of text else a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Published in the same year as the first edition. Third novel of Barker's acclaimed 'Regeneration' trilogy, following 'Regeneration' (1991) and 'The Eye in the Door' (1993).

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 49276

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, ww1, wwi, great war, siegfried sassoon, wilfred owen, pat barker, regeneration trilogy

BARKER Pat

The Women of Troy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Hamish Hamilton,, [2021]. 8vo., First Edition, with printed endpapers; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON EXCLUSIVE SIGNED EDITION LEAF.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 49074

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, barker, pat barker

BARNES Julian

The Sense of an Ending. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Jonathan Cape,, [2011]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, black fore-edge, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This novel was awarded the MAN Booker Prize for 2011. It forms the basis of Ritesh Batra's eponymous feature film (2017) starring Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling and Harriet Walter.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 45842

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, barnes, julian barnes, man booker prize, booker prize

BARRON, pseud. Stephanie

Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor. [First UK Edition.] FIRST UK EDITION OF THE FIRST JANE AUSTEN MYSTERY

Headline,, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition thus; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Richard Jones. Bright copy of the first Jane Austen mystery. Published simultaneously with the US [Bantam] edition. SCARCE.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 48855

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, barron, stephanie barron, austen, jane austen, detective fiction, crime fiction

BARRON, pseud. Stephanie

Jane and the Genius of the Place. [First UK Edition.] FIRST UK EDITION OF THE FOURTH JANE AUSTEN MYSTERY

Headline,, [1999]. 8vo., First Edition thus; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of the fourth Jane Austen mystery. Published simultaneously with the US [Bantam] edition. SCARCE.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 48856

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, barron, stephanie barron, austen, jane austen, detective fiction, crime fiction

BARRON, pseud. Stephanie

Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor [with] Man of the Cloth [with] Wandering Eye [with] Genius of the Place [with] Stillroom Maid [with] Prisoner of Wool House [with] Ghosts of Netley [with] His Lordship's Legacy [with] Barque of Frailty. FINE RUN OF THE FIRST NINE JANE AUSTEN MYSTERIES; TWO VOLUMES SIGNED

Bantam, New York NY,, [1996-2006]. 9 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth, backstrips lettered in gilt or silver, all fine copies in unclipped dustwrapper. FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE; FOURTH VOLUME INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The run comprises: Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (Headline, 1996); Jane and the Man of the Cloth (Bantam, 1997]; Jane and the Wandering Eye (Bantam, 1998); Jane and the Genius of the Place (Headline, 1999); Jane and the Stillroom Maid (Bantam, 2000); Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Bantam, 2001]; Jane and the Ghosts of Netley (Bantam, 2003]; Jane and His Lordship's Legacy (Bantam, 2005); Jane and the Barque of Frailty (Bantam, 2006). RUNS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITIONS ARE VERY SCARCE.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 48832

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, baron, stephanie barron, jane austen, detective fiction, crime fiction

BARSTOW Stan

A Kind of Loving. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1960]. 8vo., First Edition, faint tape marks on endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one or two short closed marginal tears and very lightly dust-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. The author's first book, a key novel of the 60s, is the basis of John Schlesinger's award-winning feature film (1962) starring Alan Bates and June Ritchie.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 28647

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern firsts, stan barstow, modern first editions, kind, loving

BATES H. E.

The Best of H E Bates. A Selection of Novels and Short Stories. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Graham Rogers. Eads, A122.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 48173

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern firsts editions, modern fitsts, bates, h e bates, graham rogers, rogers

BATES H. E.

The Black Boxer. Tales. AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Pharos Editions,, 1932. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; original yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in black, uncut, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER WITH DEDICATION INSCRIPTION TO IVAN F.B. PARKER. With the recipient's neat personal stamp on front paste-down. Collects eleven of Bates's superb short stories. Eads, A14A.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 75

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, bates, h e bates

BATES H. E.

A Breath of French Air. [Illustrated by Broom Lynne. Third Impression]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Michael Joseph,, [1959]. 8vo., Third Impression, some faint offsetting from fold-in to front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, top mildly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE AND EXTREMELY SCARCE THUS. Published a month after the first edition. Second novel of the Larkins sequence, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Broom Lynne. Eads, A87a.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 41490

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, bates, he bates, herbert ernest bates, larkins, pop larkin, signed

BATES] [H. E.

Captain Poop-Deck's Paradise [in 'Argosy' magazine. Vol. XXIV. No. 3. March 1963.].. FIRST PUBLICATION

Fleetway Publications,, 1963. Sm. 8vo., with numerous illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, text margins lightly browned else a very good, clean copy. The FIRST PUBLICATION of this short story. Bates did not collect it for publication in book form until 'The Wedding Party' in 1965. Eads, B281.1

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 4766

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, bates, h e bates, argosy magazine,

BATES H. E.

Charlotte's Row. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Jonathan Cape,, [1931]. 8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette; cloth, gilt back, one corner lightly bruised else a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER WITH DEDICATION TO C.A. LEWIS. Eads, A11a.

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 1866

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern firsts, novels, h e bates, h.e. bates, modern first editions, he bates, h.e bates, h. e. bates, he. bates, herbert ernest bates, charlotte's, row

BATES H. E.

Country Tales. Collected Short Stories. [First RU Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Readers' Union,, 1938. 8vo., First Edition thus, free endpapers mildly browned; pictorial green boards blocked in red, backstrip lightly creased else a very good, bright, clean copy. This collection was specially compiled for Readers' Union by arrangement with the author and Jonathan Cape. The first trade edition did not appear until 1940 and then omitted one story, 'The Palace', which had become the subject of a lawsuit. SCARCE. Eads, A30

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 28729

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern firsteditions, modern firsts, bates, he bates

BATES H. E.

A Crown of Wild Myrtle. [Illustrated by J. Andrew]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1962]. 8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by John Andrew. Eads, A95a

Island BooksProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 6759

Katalog: Modern First Editions0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, bates, h.e. bates,