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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)
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