Modern First Editions

Peter Ackroyd, Works, first editions signed by the author [London, 1987-2003] A group of 5 works, comprising: Chatterton (1987, Booker Prize Label...

Richard Adams, Works, many signed by the author [most London, 1974-2000] a group of 24 volumes, comprising: Shardik (1974, inscribed by the author...

Monica Ali, Works, first editions, signed by the author [UK, 2003-2009]a group of 3 works, comprising: Brick Lane (2003), Alentejo Blue (2006), In...

Kate Atkinson, Works, first editions signed by the author [most UK, 1995-2015] A group of 11 volumes, comprising: Behind the Scenes at the Museum ...

Pat Barker, Works, first and early editions, signed by the author [US and UK, 1982-2018] A group of 18 works, comprising: Union Street (1982, auth...

Samuel Beckett, Molloy, first English edition, The Olympia Press [Paris, 1955] single volume, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free...

Alan Bennett, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [UK, 1963-2016] A group of 14 works, comprising: Beyond the Fringe (1963, al...

Louis de Bérniere, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [most UK, 1990-2016] A group of 18 works, comprising: The War of Don Em...

William Boyd, Publisher's file copy photocopy of School Ties typescript, signed by Boyd with a photograph and self-portrait of Boyd, both also sig...

William Boyd, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [most UK, 1981-1998] A group of 25 works, comprising: A Good Man in Africa (...

William Boyd, Works, first editions, signed by the author [UK, 1982-1998] A group of 9 works, comprising: An Ice Cream War (1982), Stars and Bars ...

Melvyn Bragg, Works, all signed by Bragg [UK, 1971-1996] A group of 9 works, comprising: The Nerve (1971), Josh Lawton (1972), Autumn Manoeuvres (...

Anita Brookner Works, most first English editions, most signed by the author [most UK, 1981-2005] A group of 26 works, comprising: A Start in Life...

Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, first edition, first issue, together with a signed later issue of the same [US, 2003] two volumes, comprising: The D...

William Burroughs, The Naked Lunch, first edition, The Olympia Press [France, 1959] single volume, clean and crisp condition, original green print...

Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, a short novel and three stories, first edition [New York, 1958] single volume, internally clean and crisp, ...

Truman Capote, In Cold Blood, first edition, first printing [New York, 1966] single volume, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free e...

Winston Spencer Churchill, London to Ladysmith, via Pretoria, first edition [London, 1900] single volume, folding maps, a little foxed, original p...

Tom Clancy, The Hunt for Red October, first edition [Maryland, 1984] single volume, internally clean and crisp condition, original red cloth, spin...

Susanna Clarke, Works, first editions, most signed by the author [US and UK, 1999-2004] a group of 3 works, comprising: Jonathan Strange and Mr No...

Roald Dahl, The BFG, uncorrected proof of the first English edition [London, 1982] single volume, preliminary and penultimate leaves with ink offs...

Roald Dahl, The BFG, uncorrected proof of the first American edition [New York, 1982] single volume, clean and crisp copy, original printed wrappe...

F. M. Dostoevsky, Stavrogin's Confession and the Plan of the Life of a Great Sinner, translated by S.S. Koteliansky and Virginia Woolf, first edit...

Roddy Doyle, Works, first editions signed by the author [UK, 1991-2017] A group of 5 works, comprising: The Van (1991), Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha (1993...

Helen Dunmore, Works, most first editions, all signed by the author [UK, 1992-2012] A group of 16 works, comprising: Going to Egypt (1992), Zennor...

Margaret Durrell, Margot, a Ship & Body Language, unpublished typescript with annotations by the author and an alternative ending in manuscript [U...

James Ellroy, Works, most first and limited editions, some signed by the author [U.K and U.S., 1984-2004] A group of 6 works, comprising: Blood on...

Michael Frayn, Works, first editions, signed by the author [UK, 1963-2002] A group of 6 works, comprising: The Book o Fub (1963), The Tin Men (196...

Esther Freud, Works, first editions signed by the author [London, 1992-2014] A group of 6 works, comprising: Hideous Kinky (1992, top edges a litt...

Alex Garland, Works, first editions, most signed by the author [US and UK, 1996-2004] A group of 4 woks, comprising: The Beach (1996, first paperb...

Alex Garland and Salman Rushdie, two limited edition publications [1989 and 2004] two volumes, comprising: Alex Garland, The Coma (2004, number 8 ...

William Golding, Lord of the Flies, first edition, third impression [London, 1940] single volume, leaves a little darkened, some very slight water...

William Golding, The Bedside Guardian 30, first edition, signed by the author [London, 1981] single volume, front free endpaper signed by the auth...

Graham Greene, a vast collection of works, most first editions [UK, 1930-1992] a group of 46 volumes, comprising: The Name of Action (1930, no dus...

Graham Greene, The Third Man and The Fallen Idol, first edition, near-mint copy [London, Hindman, 1950] single volume, The Times Bookshop stamp to...

Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana, first edition [London, 1958] single volume, leaves a little darkened (as often), small ink inscription to front ...

Mark Haddon, Works, first and early editions, signed by the author [UK, 2003-2012] A group of 4 volumes, comprising: The Curious Incident of the D...

Joanne Harris, Works, first editions, signed by the author [London, 1999-2012] A group of 9 works, comprising: Chocolate (1999), Blackberry Wine (...

Robert Harris, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [London, 1992-2017] A group of 13 works, comprising: Fatherland (1992, sign...

Zoë Heller, Works, first editions, signed by the author [UK, 1999-2008] A group of 3 works, comprising: Everything You Know (1999, with a photogra...

Ernest Hemingway, Works, first and early editions [New York, 1929-1970] a group of 4 works, comprising: A Farewell to Arms (1929, original cloth, ...

Hockney's Alphabet, limited edition [UK 1991] single volume, signed by Hockney, Spender and contributors (including William Boyd, Martin Amis, Wil...

Alan Hollinghurst, Works, most first and limited editions, some signed by the author [UK, 1982-2017] A group of 8 works, comprising: Confidential ...

Richard Hughes, A High Wind in Jamaica, first edition [London, Chatto & Windus, 1929] complete, pencil inscription removed from front free endpape...

Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, both first editions, signed by the author [UK, 1989-2005] together two volumes, both i...

Howard Jacobson, Who's Sorry Now and The Finkler Question, first editions, signed by the author [UK, 2002-2010] two volumes, both signed on the ti...

Garrison Keillor, Work, first and early editions, most signed by the author [UK and US, 1982-1997] A group of 9 volumes, comprising: Happy to Be h...

Jack Kerouac, Works, first and early editions [New York, 1958-1972] a group of 5 works, comprising: The Dharma Bums (1958, preliminary and penulti...

Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman, signed limited edition [London 2015] single volume, number 11 of 100 signed by the author, original leather binding...

Laurie Lee (published anonymously), Land at War, the official story of British Farming 1939-1944, the Ministry of Information [London, 1945] singl...

Molly Lefebure, Works, first editions, signed by the author [Various, 1974-1991] a group of 4 volumes, comprising: The Loona Balloona (1974, Ameri...

Marina Lewycka, Works, first editions, signed by the author [UK, 2005-2012] A group of 4 works, comprising: A Short History of Tractors in Ukraini...

David Lodge, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [UK, 1988-2008] A group of 8 works, comprising: Nice Work (1988, signed twice...

Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead, first edition [New York, 1948] single volume, half-title with slight abrasion to inner edge, original black...

Hilary Mantel, Works, most first editions, some signed by the author [most London, 1989-2014] A group of 7 works, comprising: Fluid (1989, unsigne...

Cormac McCarthy, Works, first and early editions [US, 1992-2008] A group of 5 works, comprising: All the Pretty Horses (1992, fifth printing), The...

Jon McGregor, Works, first editions, signed by the author [UK, 2002-2017] A group of 4 works, comprising: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things (2...

Henry Miller, Quiet Days in Clichy, with photographs by Brasaï, first edition, The Olympia Press [Paris, 1956] single volume, photographic plates ...

David Mitchell, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [US and UK, 1999-2017] A group of 10 works, comprising: Ghostwritten (1999...

Brian Moore, Works, many early and first editions, most signed by the author [Toronto and others mostly UK, 1971-1997] A group of 9 works, compris...