Modern First Editions from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Jonathan Cape 1966. 8vo. First edition. 617pp. Quarter purple cloth over white boards in an illustrated dust jacket; top-edge purple. There are a few light liquid stains to jacket, boards and spine, however, this is mostly unnoticeable to exterior of jacket, and it is still bright; minor rubbing to jacket edges. A few leaves are affected by liquid, but… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton 1961. Small 8vo. First edition of the 19th book in Enid Blyton's much loved Famous Five series, red hardback with black lettering, 184 pp. Minor rubbing to edges of jacket and foxing to edges of book. Clean boards, firm binding and internally clean. With decorative endpapers, colour and b/w illustrations by Eileen Soper. Book and jacket… Read more about this item

London: The Fortune Press 1925. 8vo. First edition of author's first publication from 1925. 32 pp. Green paper covers with paper title-label to front. Covers and pages uncut, handmade paper. A few small frays and small tears to edges, yellowing to title label and to rear endpaper; however, ovely and clean overall internally. A pretty volume. Cecil Day-Lewis was the… Read more about this item

London: Max Parrish 1954. 8vo. 106 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering and design to spine in pictorial price-clipped jacket. A couple of short closed tears to jacket and minor bumping to boards and spine. Ink inscription opposite half-title, otherwise clean internally. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Ronald Searle. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1954.

London: Michael Joseph 1959. 8vo. First edition. 159 pp. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust wrapper. A few chips and tears to jacket, slight rubbing to joints and extremities. Internally clean and unmarked. The second of the trilogy on the Larkin family, which began with 'The Darling Buds of May'. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1959.

London: Michael Joseph 1960. 8vo. First edition. 158 pp. Green cloth in pictorial dw. Cloth partially faded, dustwrapper has a very small tear, and light rubbing to spine ends. The title is taken from William Blake's 'Laughing Song'. It is the final novel in the trilogy of the Larkin family, begun by 'The Darling Buds of May' and continued with… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph 1972. 8vo. First edition (precedes the US edition). 168 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering and black title label to spine in unclipped pictorial jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket and light bumping to book spine ends. Internally clean. Baldwin's personal statement on American political and social developments in the middle of the 20th century. From the flap:… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson 1973. 8vo. First edition. 140 pp. Hardcover with silver lettering to spine in unclipped jacket. Minor rubbing to jacket and offsetting from its flaps to endpapers, with spotting to top edge, otherwise clean. A collection of Johnson's shorter prose written between 1960 and 1973, with an introduction in which he sets out his theory for his work often… Read more about this item

London: Viking : Penguin Books 2017. 8vo. Signed first edition. Hardcover in unclipped pictorial jacket with 'signed copy' sticker. Internally and externally clean. Le Carre's signature to additional 'Exclusive signed edition' page. This work of Le Carre's is both a prequel and a sequel to The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. 9780241308547 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press 1953. 8vo. First edition with E. H. Shephard illustrations. 182 pp. White cloth with red lettering to spine in illustrated dust jacket with illustrated endpapers. Some little chips along edges and closed tears along joint, light stains to bottom of boards. Jacket is slightly yellowed, as usual. Internally clean with many black-and-white illustrations throughout by the… Read more about this item

London: Viking Penguin 2010. 8vo. Signed first edition. 309 pp. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Slight crease to front flap and slight spine lean. Le Carre's signature to title page. Near fine. A gripping thriller involving Antigua, Russian oligarchs, the Swiss Alps and the City of London. 9780670919017 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2010.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1965. 8vo. First edition of the first Ramage novel. 302 pp. Blue hardback with gold lettering to spine in illustrated dust jacket. Map endpapers showing the journey of Lt. Ramage. Light bumping to spine ends; minor rubbing and a small closed tear to rear of jacket. Light foxing to top edge; internally clean. . Very Good.… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co 1964. 8vo. First UK edition, review copy. Grey hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in unclipped illustrated jacket. Jacket design and title illustration by Edward Gorey. Slight discolouration and crushing at jacket spine, with light creasing to rear flap. Light bumping to book extremities. Internally clean. Contains review slip. The most successful of O'Grady's novels,… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape 1969. 8vo. First UK edition, review copy with slip. [iv], 153 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in unclipped pictorial jacket. Minor discolouration and water-staining to jacket's spine. Internally clean. Includes article clipping on Calvino by Gore Vidal. A collection of twelve short stories which imagine stories around various scientific theories. 0224615661 . Near Fine. Hardcover.… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape 1966. 8vo.Review Copy. 1st issue, review copy with slip. 95 pp. Dark grey hardcover with silver gilt-stamped lettering to board and spine, in illustrated unclipped jacket (Price 10s. 6d. net). Very slight creasing to jacket edges. Boards clean, internally clean. From the library of the Jamaican writer Andrew Salkey. The fourteenth and final Bond book written by… Read more about this item

London: Collins 1970. 8vo. 1st UK Edition. 398 pp. Blue hardcover in pictorial unclipped jacket. Maps of Cuba and the Bimini Islands as endpapers. Slight fading to spine of dustjacket and slight offsetting to a few pages. Includes various newspaper review clippings. The first of Hemingway's novels to be published posthumously. 0002213443 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 1970.… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg 1960. 8vo. First edition, red hardback in a dust jacket designed by Denis Piper. 197 pp. Some light bumps to tail of spine, clean externally and internally. This is American writer, Clancy Sigal's first book. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1960.

London: Michael Joseph 1960. Small 8vo. First edition, black hardback in illustrated dust jacket, 286 pp. Light scratch to edge and very light bit of rubbing to tail of spine of jacket. This is Stan Barstow's first published novel. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1960.

London: Derek Verschoyle 1953. 8vo. 462 pp. Blue cloth in unclipped illustrated dust jacket designed by John Minton. Minor rubbing to edges of jacket, sunning to spine and a small closed tear to its centre. Ink ownership inscription of author, Andrew Salkey, otherwise internally clean. From Italian writer, Michele Prisco, comes this novel set in Naples during the 16th Century.… Read more about this item

London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1935. 8vo. First Edition. [iv], 453 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt label to spine in dust jacket. Spotting and chipping to jacket and minor bumping to corners. Internally clean. A work of historical fiction centering on Arthur, Duke of Brittany and his ascent to the English Throne, it was first… Read more about this item