Modern Firsts from Nigel Sustins Books

London: The Harvill Press, 1996. Signed first impression of Alan Garner's first novel specifically for adults. Very good in dark blue cloth with slight wear/rubbing to spine ends and corners. Signed by Alan Garner to title page. Dust-wrapper slightly rubbed in places, chipped to top of wrapper spine. Extra postage required outside UK.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. 7th in the series. Fine/fine. Signed by author to title page with the blind-stamp, numbered 520 out of 1,000 copies, also includes signed specific postcard (this title is the only one of the series to date with a ribbon marker). Other signed books in the series available. Extra postage required for despatch outside Europe.. Signed… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. First in the 'Kydd' series. One or two tiny dust-marks to top edge, signed by author to title page, includes, very unusually, the 'Kydd' postcard, signed and dated (3 Oct. 01) by Geoff Hunt, the artist responsible for most of the cover artwork for the series. Also includes samples of several different 'Julian Stockwin' bookmarks,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2010. 11th in the series. Fine/fine. Signed by author to title page with the blind-stamp, numbered 62 out of 500 copies, also signed specific postcard. Other signed books in the series available. Extra postage required for despatch outside Europe.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Wisconsin, USA: Riverbend Press, 1964. Rare first edition, signed by the author (as Marian Brown) with an inscription to front free endpaper. Good copy, wear/pushing to corners, dust and browning to edges. Dust-wrapper soiled, rubbed and creased, frayed along the edges with small losses,. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable.

London: Duckworth, 1980. Inscribed to title page 'to Pauline with warmest good wishes, Roy' and then signed in full. Very good in black cloth, some browning to top edge which has discoloured the top edges of the boards and tipped over a little to the prelims, otherwise text is fine. Dust-wrapper is very good with slight rubbing/marking, a small area… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Heinemann, 1930. No. 158 of a limited signed edition of 1,025 copies, frontispiece portrait by Percy Smith, very good in clean cloth boards with bevelled edges, some foxing to endpapers and edges, matching slipcase slightly rubbed and marked. Extra postage required outside Europe.. Signed by Author. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good.

Edinburgh: Polygon, 2008 First printing, some wear to spine, book slightly cocked but internally is tight and fine, dust-wrapper slightly rubbed to the edges. . First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good.

UK: Quercus, 2006. Scarce signed first printing of the Costa Book of the Year 2006, fine book in fine d/w, signed by the author with her distinctive squiggle to title page. Extra postage required.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

USA: The Windsor Press, 1929. No. 123 of a signed and numbered limited edition of 225 copies signed by author in red ink to reverse of title page. Floral-patterned paper boards with grey cloth spine, some wear/rubbing to spine ends and corners. Fore and lower edges untrimmed with foxing. Spots of foxing to front pastedown, which also has an attractive… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Cassell, 1929. Collector's Edition, limited to 500 copies, this copy signed but not numbered; black cloth with bevelled edges in good used condition, dust and marking to edges, foxing to front and rear endpapers, text predominantly clean. Extra postage required.. Signed by Author. Limited. Hard Back. Good/No Jacket.

UK: Heinemann, 1930. Apparently one of only 50 copies of the first edition with a misprint on page 67 ('Our All Yesterdays'), pencilled notes to this effect within, black cloth with bright gilt title, spine ends pushed, dust and foxing to edges, 4 cm split to front hinge at the bottom, otherwise a clean neat book; illustrated d/w is soiled,… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Little, Brown, 2003 Near fine copy, a signed first printing, with slight wear/pushing to spine ends, book is cocked, internally tight and fine, signed by author to title page; d/w is slightly rubbed and creased to wrapper spine ends and corners. 'In the Company of the Courtesan' also available signed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/Very… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Penguin Viking, 2007. A signed unread first printing of the author's second novel, fine in fine d/w, signed by her to title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1998. Very scarce signed first printing of the author's first book (he went on to write the Jim Stringer Railway mysteries); near fine paperback original with dust-jacket, minimal rubbing to the edges, tanning to page blocks, a tight unread copy, signed by author to title page, slight fading of colour to spine of the wrapper.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, United Kingdom: Faber and Faber, 2001. Very scarce signed first printing of the author's second book (he went on to write the Jim Stringer Railway mysteries); near fine paperback original with dust-jacket, slight creasing to the bottom of the rear cover, mild tanning to page blocks, internally fine, a tight unread copy in fine d/w, signed by author to… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Lovat Dickson, 1936. The author's scarce first book, true first printing, set in Ancient Rome; signed 'with best wishes' by author opposite the title page; purple cloth with gilt design of Caesar's head on the front, illustrations to chapter heads and title page by Farleigh, book is cocked, some wear/rubbing to cover, wear/pushing to corners and spine ends, fading… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Peter Davies, 1967 The first (and seemingly the only) title to be written by Elleston Trevor under this pseudonym (it was later published under the name Adam Hall); calligraphic card with red border affixed to front free endpaper upon which the author inscribes this copy 'to Dick Maddick, with good wishes and respects from the new-boy, Roger Fitzalan;… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Muller, 1970. Historical novel set in the 17th Century as support for the Monarchy is eroded by revolutionary minds, a remarkably clean copy with very little wear to the cloth, pages 143/4 have a creased corner at the bottom front edge, and a small nick in the top edge, owner name and date concealed by the front flap, dust-wrapper… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Privately Printed, 1927. One of 100 copies printed privately as stated, not numbered but apparently inscribed and signed by the author ('with best wishes from G.E.') to front pastedown, grey-green paper-covered boards with beige cloth spine, paper title panel on front cloth strip, some marks and dust to boards which are slightly bowed, extremities rubbed and pushed, edges rough-cut… Saber más sobre este artículo