First Book / First Novel

London: Viking, 1989. Near fine, Shelfwear/VG++, Wear, Tear. 1st Edition. Comic drama. Author's first novel. Scan on request.. more information

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London: Bodley Head, 1978. Near Fine/VG++. 1st Edition. Historical drama set amid the confusion caused by Henry VIII's breakaway from the Church of Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. Winner of th e first Annual Historical Novel Prize awarded (set up in memory of Georgette Heyer). Jacket by David Pether. BOOK:- Scattered foxing across the block edge-cut only, endpapers and text not affected. On e corner bump (extremely small). Slight spine head & heel crush. No offset, no ink names, no stamps or any other permanent markings, endpapers and text very clean. Dark blue cloth covering is clean an d without blemish. Gilt titles on spine are bright and untarnished. JACKET:- Intact, but price-clipped by the publisher, with the publisher's revised price sticker. slight edgewear and edge-crumpling. Flake about match head size near the top of the rear spine hinge. Two small tears, at rear flap hinge top (2mm) and at front flap top edge (1mm). Two small "V" chips, about 1mm each, at 7 o'clock on the bottom edge of the front panel, and at bottom front flap hinge. Scan on request.. more information

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London: Time Warner Paperbacks, 2002. VG++, Mild wear, remainder mark/NO DUST JACKET. Romantic comedy. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Paperback Original. Soft Cover. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1999. Drama. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. Jacket by Michael Trevillion. Inscribed opposite title page and signed by the author on the title page. Scan on request.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Near Fine, Corner Bump/Near Fine, Sm Internal Stain. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1999. Fine/Near Fine. 1st Edition. Powerful drama of success, guilt and murder. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. Jacket by Michael Trevillion. Book appears new, but has ink name and number on the title page. Jacket ha s very minor edge-crumple, and an ink name on the rear flap. A scan of the jacket can be provided if required.. more information

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London: Constable, 1990. Tragicomedy. Author's first novel. Jacket by Mouse Katz. Expanded condition report/scan on request. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Browning/VG++, Wear,Small Tears, Foxing. more information

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London: Secker & Warburg, 1964. Near Fine, Shelfwear, Bump/VG++, PC, Wear,Tears, Abrasion. 1st Edition. Short stories. Author's first book. Jacket by Shaun Gordon. Scan on request.. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1951. Historical drama, set in India in 1857. Author's first novel. Jacket by Patrick Gierth. BOOK: Binding is sound; red boards are clean; some tarnishing to gilt titles; mild shelfwear; faint spine crease; dealer label at foot of front pastedown; contemporary ink gift inscrption on FFEP; foxing to endpapers & across the edges of the text-block, with some encroachment into the text; page browning. JACKET: Price-clipped. Edgewear & some flaking; tattering to spine ends; 'V' wear to the hinge corners; 5 tears, ranging from 2mm to 1cm; fingernail shaped perforation on front panel near middle of spine hinge; browning. Scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good +. more information

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London: Fourth Estate - 4th Estate, 1996. Black comedy. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Paperback Original. Soft Cover. VG++, Wear, EPS & Edge Foxing/NO DUST JACKET. more information

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London: Collins Crime Club, 1992. Crime thriller. Author's first novel. Jacket photo by Colin Thomas. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine, Sp Ends Softening/VG++, Edgewear, 1 Tear. more information

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London: Phoenix House, 1998. Fine/Near Fine, Very mild wear. Psychological drama. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Collins, 1971. Satire. Author's first novel. Jacket by Kenneth Farnhill. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Sp Ends Crush, Browning/VG, Wear, Tears, Browning. more information

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London: Century, 1991. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by Linda Burgess. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Edge-fox, Rem Dot/VG++, Edgewear,Mild Int Foxing. more information

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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1965. Satire. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Wear, Offset, Foxing/VG, Wear,Small Tears, Browning. more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984. Near Fine, Mild shelfwear/VG++, Mild edgewear, small tear, spine browned. Maritime adventure. Author's first novel. Jacket by Mike Roffe. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Souvenir, 1985. Hard Cover. Near Fine, Sl Page Browning/VG++, Edgewear. 1st Edition. Drama of a marooned man. Author's first novel. Jacket by Peter Wilks. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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London: Piatkus, 1989. Crime thriller. Author's first novel. Jacket photo by Theo Bergstrom. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG, Wear,Small Bumps, Edge-Fox/VG, Wear, Tears, Foxing. more information

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London: Piatkus, 1989. Crime mystery. Jacket by Theo Bergstrom. Author's first novel. BOOK:- Very mild crush on the spine heel; 2 small edge bumps; top right corner of rear pastedown folded in, and so pasted (binding fault). JACKET: Intact, with price. Mild edgewear & edge-crumpling; 0.5cm tear on front panel near spine head; small stain at spine heel interior; some rubbing to panels. Scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 2004. Near Fine, Mild wear/VG++, Edgewear, soiling. Psychological drama. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Phoenix House, 1994. VG, Edgewear, crease, pressure warp/NO DUST JACKET. Short stories. Author's first book. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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London: Coronet, 1975. G, Edgewear, spine tear, creases, dealer stamps, edge-stain, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Espionage thriller. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Coronet Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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London: Coronet, 1975. Espionage thriller. Author's first novel. BOOK: Binding is sound; spine lean; creasing to spine & cover corners; abrasion to edges & hinges; no ink names, stamps etc.; page browning. Scan on request.. 1st UK Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/NO DUST JACKET. more information

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London: Arrow, 1985. VG, Edgewear, small tear, crease, page browning/NO DUST JACKET. Espionage thriller. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Arrow Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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London: The Sheridan Book Company, 1993. VG, Edgewear, remainder dot, mild foxing, browning. Espionage thriller, featuring Paul Christopher. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Sheridan Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1956. G, Shelfwear, abrasion, soiling, staining, browning/G, Wear, chips, tears, soiling, staining. Psychological drama. Author's first novel. Jacket design by Freda Nichols. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. Near Fine, Mild browning/VG++, Edgewear, rubbing. Comic drama. Author's first novel. Jacket design by Reginald Ganz. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Crime drama, set in South Africa. Author's first novel. Jacket by Patricia Stetson. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st US Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Shelfwear, Edge-browning/VG+, Wear,Small Tears, Rubbing. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1971. Drama set in Liverpool in December 1944. Author's first novel. Jacket by Salim Patell. BOOK:- Slight spine heel crush; one small corner bump; no ink names, stamps or other permanent markings; faint sign of offset on the FFEP top edge; light scattered foxing across the top edge of the text block; indentation on the top edge at 12 o'clock affecting pages 69 to 86; several dog-ears, subsequently straightened out. JACKET:- Intact, with price. Mild edgewear and edge-crumpling; very light scattered internal foxing, with faint show-through on the flaps only. Some line indentations on the panel surfaces, but no rupture. Scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++/VG++. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1971. VG+, Shelfwear, ink name, mild edge-foxing & edge-soiling/VG+, Edgewear, 2 small tears, indentations, foxing. Drama set in Liverpool in December 1944. Author's first novel. Jacket by Salim Patell. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1990. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by Dennis Leigh. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Shelfwear, Edge-bump/VG++, Wear,Crease,Indentations. more information

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London: The Women's Press, 1987. Murder mystery. Author's first novel. Cover illustration by Karen Jarman. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. VG++, Wear, Crease, Ink Inscr./NO DUST JACKET. more information

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London: Harvill, 1983. Satire. Author's first novel. Jacket by Fred Marcellino. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG, Insect Damage, Browning/VG+, Edgewear,Creases,Browning. more information

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London: Macmillan, 1990. Psychological drama. Jacket by John Slater. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. Book has spine crease, slight crushing of the spine head and heel, and an ink name on FFEP. Jacket has only mild crumple on the spine head ridge. Scan available on request. . 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good +/Near Fine. more information

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London: Panther, 1966. G, Edgewear, small tear, creases, ink name, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Tragic drama. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Panther Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. Comic drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by Arthur Hacker. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Foxing/VG++, Wear, Perf, Browning. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1974. VG, Shelfwear, board stain, EPS & edge foxing, browning/G, PC, Wear, tears, perforations, staining, foxing, browning. Comic drama,. Author's first novel. Jacket design by Graham Rogers. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Pan, 1990. VG, Edgewear, spine crease, label removal abrasion, light browning/NO DUST JACKET. Comic fantasy. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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London: Christopher Johnson, 1956. Satire. Author's first book. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG, Wear, Abrasion, Browning/VG, Wear, Chip, Tears,Browning. Illus. by King, Sydney. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket illustration by Cathie Felstead. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Wear, Sp Crease, Browning/VG+, Wear,Creases, Perforation. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by Cathie Felstead. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine, Sl Offset, Browning/Near Fine, Very Sl Edgewear. more information

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London: Phoenix House, 1996. Drama, set in Nova Scotia. Author's first novel. Jacket photo by Justin Pumfrey. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Mild Wear, Bumping/VG++, Edgewear, Mild Soiling. more information

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London: Heinemann, 1985. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by Fred Marcellino. Scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Near Fine, Sp Ends Crush/Near Fine, Sl Edgewear. more information

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London: Collins, 1967. Comic drama. Author's first novel. Jacket design by Jack Larkin. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG, Wear, Abrasion, Edgefoxing/Poor, PC, Chips,Tears, Creases. more information

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London: Picador, 2001. Near fine, Wear to spine ends/VG++, Edgewear, indentations. Psychological drama. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Wales: Seren, 1988. Drama, set in industrial south Wales. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Shelfwear, Corner Bump/VG++, Edgewear, Indentations. more information

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1958. Tragicomic satire. Author's first novel. Book has two tape ghosts on each endpaper. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Wear, Offset, Browning/VG++, Wear, Tear, Spine Fade. more information

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London: Severn House, 1987. VG, Shelfwear, Bumps, EPS & Edge-Foxing/VG, Wear, Tear, Stains, Laminate Wrinkles. "Sin and sex in the City - a novel of business intrigue". Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. Drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by Bert Kitchen. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, 2 Small Bumps, Sp Wear/VG++, Wear, Sm Tear, Crease. more information

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London: Little Brown, 2000. Fine/Fine. 1st Edition. Thriller. Author's first novel. Scan on request.. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. VG, Mild Shelfwear, Abrasion & Soiling to Page Edges/G, Edgewear, Insect Damage, Perforations, Foxing. Psychological drama, set 'in a treatment centre for disturbed boys'. Author's first novel. Jacket design by Mon Mohan. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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