UK First Edition Literature Wanted:
- Elizabeth Bowen: First UK editions published by Gollancz/Constable of her first novels – ‘A House in Paris’ , ‘The Hotel’ , ‘Last September’ , ‘To The North’.
- Roald Dahl: George’s Marvellous Medicine or any titles signed by Sir Quentin Blake
- Barbara Pym: Any Signed and/or inscribed First UK Editions in wrappers of her first five novels published by Jonathan Cape:’Some Tame Gazelle’ , ‘Jane and Prudence , ‘Excellent Women ‘ , ‘A Glass of Blessings’ and ‘Less Than Angels’.
- Evelyn Waugh: We are actively seeking first UK Editions in wrappers of the following books:’Decline and Fall’,’Scoop’ (in the first issue wrapper), ‘A Handful of Dust’,’Vile Bodies’ and ‘Brideshead Revisited’.
- Vera Brittain: ‘Testament of Youth’ First UK Edition 1933 published by Gollancz in Wrapper
- Cecil Lewis: ‘Sagittarius Rising’ First UK Edition 1936 published by Peter Davies in Wrapper
- William Golding : Lord of the Flies First UK Edition 1954 published by Faber or any early titles Signed by Golding
- Nancy Mitford: Early titles in the wrapper of: ‘Highland Fling’ , ‘Christmas Pudding’ , The Pursuit of Love , Love In A Cold Climate , Pigeon Pie published (by Hamish Hamilton in 1940)
- Alan Sillitoe: – Any signed First Editions in Wrappers including ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner’.
- Albert Camus: – ‘The Outsider’ First Edition 1946 published by Hamish Hamilton in Wrapper
- Aldous Huxley: – Brave New World in Wrapper, published by Chatto and Windus in 1932
- Anthony Burgess – ‘A Clockwork Orange’ & ‘The Worm and the Ring’ First Edition in Wrapper – any signed First UK Editions
- Anthony Powell – Any Pre-1960 First Editions in the ‘Dance To The Music of Time’ series
- Ayn Rand – ‘Atlas Shrugged’ US First Edition (Random House) in Wrapper
- Barry Hines – A Kestrel for a Knave in the Wrapper
- Bruce Chatwin – Any signed First UK Editions published by Jonathan Cape
- Christopher Isherwood – Any Pre-1950 first UK editions in Wrapper or any signed editions
- David Lodge – ‘Out of the Shelter’ UK First Edition published by Macmillan/any pre 1970 first edition
- David Storey – ‘This Sporting Life’ in Wrapper published by Longmans or any signed titles considered
- Colin Dexter – Any First editions in Wrappers published before 1979.
- Daphne Du Maurier – ‘Rebecca’ or ‘Jamaica Inn’ First Editions in Wrapper or any signed titles considered
- E.M Forster – Any first editions with or without Wrappers, any signed editions pre 1930
- John Minton – Any illustrations ,Illustrated titles or wrappers – especially ‘Scamp’ by Roland Camberton First UK Edition published by John Lehmann
- Roland Camberton – Rain on the Pavements, Scamp in Wrapper
- Ernest Hemingway – Any US or UK First Editions in Wrappers
- Evelyn Waugh – Any UK First Editions, especially Brideshead Revisited/Decline and Fall/Scoop in Wrapper
- Frank Herbert – Dune First UK Edition Published by Gollancz, 1966 in Wrapper
- Graham Greene – Any UK First Editions with jackets or pre-1940 without jackets
- Irvine Welsh – UK First Edition of Trainspotting published in 1993 by Secker and Warburg
- Italo Calvino – Any UK First Editions in wrapper
- Jack Kerouac – ‘On The Road’ First UK Edition published by Andre Deutsch and any others published by Deutsch
- J.D Salinger – ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ First UK Edition
- J.G Ballard – Any First UK Editions of ‘Crash’ published by Cape and any published by Gollancz. Any signed items considered.
- John Banville – Any Secker and Warburg First UK Editions – Birchwood , Long Lankin
- John Fowles – Pre-1970 UK First Editions and any signed material or first editions
- John Le Carre – Any First UK Editions – Call For The Dead/A Murder of Quality/The Spy Who Came In From The Cold published by Gollancz
- John McGahern – The Dark and The Barracks First UK Editions
- John Wyndham – The Day of the Triffids First UK Edition, as well as any under the pseudonym John Beynon
- Ken Kesey – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest First UK Edition published by Methuen 1963
- Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows First UK Edition 1908 Methuen
- Kurt Vonnegut – Any First UK Editions published by Gollancz in Wrappers
- Lawrence Durrell – Any signed ephemera/signed novels and Justine First UK Edition published by Faber in 1957 in Wrapper
- Len Deighton – The Ipcress File First UK Edition published by Hodder in 1962
- Malcolm Lowry – Ultramarine or Under the Volcano in Wrappers
- Mervyn Peake – Any of the Gormenghast Novels published by Eyre Spottiswoode in Wrappers
- Muriel Spark – Any signed novels and all Pre-1962 First UK Editions in Wrappers
- Nevil Shute – A Town Like Alice First UK Edition, any pre-1944 novels in Wrappers published by Heinemann
- Norman Mailer – The Naked and the Dead – US or UK First Editions
- Pat Barker – Any First UK Editions – Blow Your House Down any First UK Editions published by Virago
- Patricia Highsmith – Any UK titles published before 1960 and by the Cresset Press in Wrapper
- Patrick Hamilton – First UK Editions prior to 1950
- Pierre Boulle – The Bridge Over the River Kwai First UK Edition in Wrapper
- Ralph Ellison – Invisible Man First UK Edition published by Gollancz in Wrapper
- Ray Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451 First UK Edition in Wrapper
- Richard Adams – Watership Down First UK Edition published by Rex Collings or any Signed titles
- Robert Bloch – Psycho First UK Edition published by Robert Hale in Wrapper
- Robert Graves – Good-Bye To All That First UK Edition, first issue in the Wrapper published by Jonathan Cape in 1928
- Salman Rushdie – Midnight’s Children First UK Edition , Satanic Verses First UK Edition any signed copies of either
- Seamus Heaney – Signed copies or any First UK Editions in Wrapper before 1995 .Any signed ephemera considered
- Sebastian Faulks – Birdsong First UK Edition in Wrapper
- Siegfried Sassoon – Anything before 1930 in Wrapper and anything signed considered
- Stanley Middleton – Holiday First UK Edition in Wrapper and also signed
- Stella Gibbons – Cold Comfort Farm First Edition in the Wrapper
- Sylvia Plath – Ariel, The Collosus First UK Editions Heinemann/Faber
- Ted Hughes – Signed copies and all First UK Editions (The Iron Man, A Hawk in the Rain) published by Faber
- Terry Pratchett – Any first editions Pre-1990 and any limited editions
- Truman Capote – US First Editions up to 1950, any signed copies.
- T.S Eliot – First UK Editions, and any titles signed
- Ursula Le Guin – First UK Editions of any of the Earthsea Trilogy in Wrappers and any titles signed
- Virginia Woolf – Any First UK Editions published by The Hogarth Press and in Wrappers
- Vladimir Nabokov – Any UK first editions considered
- V.S Naipaul – Early First editions including In a Free State (1971) – any titles signed considered
- William Trevor – Any Titles in Wrapper pre 1970
UK First Edition Children’s Books Wanted:
- A A Milne: Any First Editions, especially ‘Winnie The Pooh’ First UK Edition published by Methuen in dust wrapper and ‘Now We Are Six’ , ‘When We Were Very Young’ published by Methuen
- E B White: ‘Stuart Little’/’Charlotte’s Web’ First Editions (US/UK) in dust wrappers
- Ian Serraillier The Silver Sword in Wrapper
- Elizabeth Goudge Early titles in Wrapper
- Philip Pullman Early titles ( Especially Signed) in Wrapper: Northern Lights, Broken Bridge, Sherlock Holmes , Grimm Tales
- Eve Garnett The Family From One End Street in Wrapper (Muller 1937)
