First Book / First Novel

London: Gollancz, 1998. Near Fine/NO DUST JACKET. Uncorrected Book Proof. Drama. Author's first novel. PROOF: Crease to rear cover, small tear on spine heel. Scan of covers on request. . more information

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London: Leslie Frewin, 1967. Near Fine, Mild Shelfwear/VG++, Mild Edgewear, Browning. 1st Edition. Historical novel. Author's first novel. Jacket by Jack Larkin. Expanded condition report/scan on request. . more information

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London: Chambers, 1979. VG++, Shelfwear, Foxing/VG++, Wear, Tear, Stains. 1st Edition. Drama. Author's first novel. 'Joint Winner of the 1977 Chambers Award for Fiction'. Jacket by Alan R Thomson. Scan on request.. more information

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Sussex UK: John Crowther, 1946. VG++/VG. 1st Edition. Maritime drama. Glorious jacket art of the ship's figurehead not accredited. Author's first novel. BOOK: Spine faded & cocked, one small corner bump. Black front board has vignet te of jacket illustration in gold. JACKET: Large L-shaped tear (4cm x 4cm) on front panel starting at top hinge corner. There is no loss to the text or the picture but there is some associated creasin g. There is chipping to the spine head and some wear to the hinge corners, with a 4cm tear on the top front flap hinge, a perforation on the middle of the spine (not affecting title) & an internal sta in on inner front panel with some show-through. There is a 2.5cm x 3cm chip on the spine heel extending into the front flap affecting the publisher's name on the spine and some of the background of th e front panel illustration. Scan recommended.. more information

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Melbourne - London: Golden Bough - John Crowther, 1946. VG, Shelfwear, dealer sticker, mild foxing, browning/VG, Edgewear, small chips & tears, browning. Maritime drama. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Longmans, 1965. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by Peter Edwards. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Stain, Browning/VG+, Wear,Chips,Tears, Sp Fade. more information

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London: Duckworth, 1955. VG++/VG++. 1st Edition. Inscribed By Author. Drama set in India. Author's first novel. Jacket art not accredited. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP, and signed above his name on the title page. BOOK : Spine head/heel crush, one corner bumped, offset to endpapers, spots of staining to endpaper edges. JACKET: Price-clipped. Edgewear, chipping & fraying to spine head/heel, abrasion to spine and hing es with some "v"-wear to hinge corners. Scan on request.. more information

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London: Constable, 1972. VG++, Shelfwear, edge-spotting, pencil ghost on FFEP/VG++, Edgewear, indentations. Thriller. Author's first novel. Jacket illustration by Michael English. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Sphere, 1973. VG, Edgewear, crease, faint remainder mark, browning. Supernatural tale of possession. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Sphere Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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London: Gollancz, 1972. Supernatural tale of possession. Author's first novel. Striking wraparound jacket art by John Douet. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Small Bump, Edgefoxing/VG++, Edgewear,Mild Int Foxing. more information

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London: Flamingo, 2000. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by Tim Byrne. Scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. Near Fine/VG++. 1st Edition. Drama set at the outbreak of WW1. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. Jacket by Thomi Wroblewski. BOOK: Slight spine head/heel crush. JACKET: Mild edgewear & rubbing, front panel has ve rtical laminate wrinkle. Scan on request. . more information

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London: Secker & Warburg, 1988. Near Fine, Shelfwear/VG+, Edgewear, fingernail perforation, crease, label removal stain. Tragicomic drama. Author's first novel. Jacket photo by Robert Shackleton. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Pan, 1965. VG, Edgewear, creases, ink name, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Violent drama. Author's first novel. Pan X389. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Pan Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1968. Adventure drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by Michel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Mild Bumping, Ink Name/Near Fine, Edgewear. more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. Fine/VG++. 1st UK Edition. True saga of two dogs and a cat who travelled two hundred and fifty miles to get back home. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Jacket by David Rook. BOOK:- Very sliight discolouration of the spine heel ridge. No corner bumps, ink names, labels stamps or other markings. Green boards are clean and bright, gilt titles on spine and front are untarnished. JACKET:- Intact, with price. Sligh t spine browning. Shallow chipping at spine heel. "V" wear on the spine and flap hinge corners. Jacket illustration depicts the portraits of two dogs, apparently engaged in doggy meditation, and a cat staring at the observer, with an expression that seems to convey a disdainful but resigned tolerance of the inferior company it is forced to keep. A full condition report for this book is available o n request.. more information

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London: Earthlight - Simon & Schuster, 1999. Science fiction. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. VG++, Mild Wear, Rem Stripe/NO DUST JACKET. more information

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London: Cassell, 1974. Thriller. First novel under this pseudonym. Jacket by Cannie Cheung. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. VG++, Ink Price, Wear, Foxing/VG++, Wear, Stain, Sl Foxing. more information

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London: Souvenir, 1980. Maritime war adventure. Author's first novel. Jacket by Arnold Taylor. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine, Shelfwear/VG++, Edgewear, Spine Fade. more information

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London: Andre Deutsch, 1972. VG++, Mild shelfwear/VG+, Edgewear, indentations. Satire. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Collins Crime Club, 1983. Crime novel. Author's first novel. Jacket by Dave Brown. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Foxing, Browning/VG++, Wear, Spinefade, Foxing. more information

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London: Heinemann, 1984. Near Fine/Near Fine, Sl Edge Crumple. 1st Edition. Humourous first book by this author. Jacket illustration by Chris Burke. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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London: Collins, 1956. Drama, set in Northern Italy during the German Occupation. Author's first novel. First English translation. Jacket by Trevor Denning. BOOK: Binding is sound, no loose pages; black boards are clean, gilt spine titles are tarnished; spine ends crushed; fraying to the ridge of the spine heel; damage to bottom right corners of front and rear boards (looks like rodent damage); dealer sticker at foot of front pastedown; no ink names, stamps etc.; offset to the endpapers; scattered foxing across the edges of the text-block, with intermittent encroachment into the text; uniform page edge browning, with several splashmarks along the top edge. JACKET: Intact, with price. Edgewear; chipping to spine ends, particularly spine head, obliterating the first three words of the title; assorted chips along edges & hinges; several tears, ranging from 1mm to 3.5cm; several stains on the rear panel; perforation at centre of the rear flap hinge; two parallel vertical creases on the front flap; internal foxing & browning; some spots of abrasion; rear panel is soiled. Scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG/Poor. more information

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London: Pan, 1948. Pan #43. Comic drama. Author's first novel. Attractive cover by Bip Pares. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Thus. Mass Market Paperback. G+,Wear,Tear,Ink Name,Browning/NO DUST JACKET. more information

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London: Gollancz, 1987. Historical drama. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Offset, Edge-fox/VG++, Wear,Indentations,Foxing. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1980. Horror. First novel by this duo. Jacket by Chris Yates. Expanded condiiton report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Bump, Browning/VG++, Wear, Sm Tears, Rubbing. more information

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London: Picador, 1988. Near Fine, Very Mild Shelfwear/Near Fine, Mild Edge-crumpling. 1st UK Edition. Short stories. Author's first book. Jacket by Tony Karpinski. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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London: Bodley Head, 1981. Near Fine, Mild shelfwear/VG++, PC, Mild edgewear, indentations. Drama, set in Spain before & during the Civil War. Author's first novel. Jacket by Steve Crisp. Drawing of author by Sara Sawyer Bodlak. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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New York (1965): David McKay. VG++/VG++. Edition Not Stated. Children's literature. Author's first novel. Signed by the author next to her name on the title page. BOOK: Some shelfwear & spots of abrasion on the boards, ink price, dealer stamp & label removal abrasion on FFEP, offset to endpapers, scattered foxing to page edges. JACKET: Price-clipped, edgewear, chipping & fraying to spine head/heel, "V" wear to hinges, uneven fading on rear panel. Scan on request.. Signed by Author. more information

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London: Collins, 1988. Comic crime parody. Sixteen-tear-old author's first novel. Jacket photo by Joe Partridge. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Wear, Mild EPS Foxing/VG, Wear, Fading, Small Stain. more information

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Rhodesia: The College Press, 1969. Thriller set in the then Rhodesia after UDI. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. Jacket by Geoff Cameron. BOOK: Slight spine fade, two corners bumped. No ink names, stamps or other markings. Mild scattered foxing on the end papers. JACKET: Intact, with price inked over with marker pen. Edgewear, chips and tears. Internal tape repair. Scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good +/Very Good. more information

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London: Headline, 1992. Submarine thriller. Author's first novel. Jacket illustration by Stuart Hughes. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Wear, Sp Crease, Browning/VG++, Edgewear, Indentations. more information

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Sandton, South Africa: Valiant, 1978. Near fine, Shelfwear/VG++, Wear, Tears, Abrasion. First South African Edition. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket photograph by Michael Herbert. Scan on request.. more information

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London: Collins, 1965. VG, Shelfwear, spine crease, foxing, light browning/VG, Edgewear, abrasion, staining, foxing, browning. Historical drama. Author's first novel. "A Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award Novel". Jacket design by Brian Russell. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Cassell, 1961. Motor-car racing drama. Author's first novel. Jacket photo by Maxwell Boyd. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Shelfwear, Top Edge Fox/VG+, PC, Wear, Tears, Rubbing. more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. Fine/VG++. 1st UK Edition. Political thriller, translated from the Spanish. Author's first novel. Jacket by Laurie Dolphin. JACKET: Mild edgewear, 1 tear. Scan on request.. more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988. Near Fine, Browning/Near Fine, Sl Edgewear. 1st UK Edition. Drama. Author's first novel. Scan on request.. more information

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London: Gollancz, 1974. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by John Douet. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine, Edgefoxing/VG++, Sl Wear,Stain, Sl Foxing. more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965. Historical drama, set during the Monmouth rebellion. Author's first novel. Jacket by Rita Parsons. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Mild Wear, Edgefoxing/VG+, Wear, Abrasion,Spine Fade. more information

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London - New York: Marion Boyars, 1983. Post-Colonial drama, set in Africa. Author's first novel. Jacket design by Beverly Ann Levy. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Mild Wear, Small Stain/VG, Wear, Tears, Flap Crease. more information

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London: Bodley Head, 1988. VG+, Shelfwear, Stain, Browning/VG+, Edgewear, Small Tears, Crumpling. Comic drama. Author's first novel. Jacket illustration by Jane Ray. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London (1979): Weidenfeld & Nicolson. VG++/VG++. 1st UK Edition. Matrimonial drama with a dash of humour. Author's first novel. Jacket by Andrew King. There are dirty marks on the boards and the front endpapers, as of a book trodden on at some stage by some bibliocidal criminal still at large. Jacket has slight edgewear and spine-browning. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1985. Drama. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine, Mild Shelfwear/Near Fine, Wear, Indentations. more information

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London: Collins, 1980. Thriller. Author's first novel. Jacket by Lydia Rosier. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Spine Ends Crush,Edgefox/VG++, Wear, Stains, Edgefoxing. more information

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London: Corgi / Transworld, 1960. VG, Edgewear, abrasion, mild foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Author's first novel. "Covers two world wars, the rise of movies in Hollywood, the financial world, continental life and Washington politics". Corgi FN900. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Corgi Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. 'First in series of mediaeval mysteries set in the Weald of Kent'. Scan on request. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. more information

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1998. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket photo by Marc Atkins. Scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine, Very Mild Edgewear. more information

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Queensland: Jacaranda Press, 1963. VG++, Foxing, Sp Cock/VG++, PC, Wear, Tear, Foxing. 1st Edition. War drama. Author's first full-length novel. Scan on request.. more information

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London: MacDonald, 1984. Historical adventure, first in a trilogy about the 'real' Marguerite Blakeney. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++,Sp Heel Crush,Page Crease/VG++, Edgewear, Rubbing. more information

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Essex (1971): Joanna Productions. Historical adventure. Author's first novel. FFEP has inscription: To Sylvia - Happy Birthday - Love, Joan & Denis - Oct 71". May or may not be author's inscription. Jacket by John Riches. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Wear, Sp Cock, Foxing/VG++, Wear, Perf, Staining. more information

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