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

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

Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press 1971. Tall Narrow 8vo. Hand bound cloth edition. 31, [3] pp. Green cloth with paper label to spine. Very slight bumping to corners. Internally clean. Includes a Christmas letter from the publisher's inserted at rear. Poem with illustration after half-title. . Near Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 1971.

London: Hamish Hamilton 1963. 8vo. First Edition. xiv, 460 pp. Clean cloth with gilt lettering to green label at spine in unclipped jacket. Some very short tears at head of spine, which is a little darkened. Internally clean. With an introduction by Mark Schorer. No US equivalent was issued. . Near Fine. Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1963.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1965. 8vo.Review Copy. First Edition. vii, 157 pp. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine in unclipped jacket. Short tear to top of jacket and light bumping at base of book's spine, otherwise in near fine condition. Review slip insert. MacNeice's Clark Lectures given just a few months before his death in 1963 cover parable-writing, studying writers… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions 1944. 8vo. First Edition. 300 pp. Beige publisher's cloth with red lettering to spine. Some waterstaining to boards and spine. Internally clean. Stories and extracts from longer works. . Good. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1944.

London: Heinemann 1957. 8vo. First Edition. xxxiv, 226 pp. Cloth in unclipped pictorial jacket, with later price sticker. Some slight wear to jacket extremities. Internally clean. Contains a number of pages of photographs. McCarthy, the American critic, recounts her upbringing in Minneapolis with her father's family, after her parents died in the 1918 influenza pandemic. . Near Fine. Cloth. First… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus 1946. 8vo. First Edition. viii, 258 pp. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine in unclipped jacket. Small areas of loss to spine's ends, which has darkened. From the library of Jamaican writer, Andrew Salkey, whose name is in ink at ffep, otherwise internally clean. The author was Professor of Biometry at the University of London. .… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber 1967. 8vo.Review Copy. First Edition. 454 pp. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine in unclipped jacket. Internally clean. Review copy with slip. Reviews from The Times and The Listener inserted at rear. The focus of the essays are on the links between politics and language and meaning. . Near Fine. Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1967.… Read more about this item

London: John Calder 1984. 8vo. First UK edition. xi, 306 pp. Hardcover with engraved signature to board in pictorial unclipped jacket. Some chipping to jacket edges. Internally clean. 0714540307 . Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 1984.

London: Chatto & Windus 1962. 8vo. First edition with band and bookmark. 348 pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine in unclipped illustrated jacket. Darkening to jacket's spine and very slight rubbing to it and book's extremities. A nice clean copy. Murdoch's sixth novel. . Near Fine. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1962.

London: Faber and Faber 1965. 8vo. First Edition. 288 pp. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine in unclipped jacket. Minor rubbing to jacket. Internally clean. The Jamaican author, Andrew Salkey's copy, with his page marker notes. E. R. Dodds, MacNeice's literary executor, edited this work using unfinished material from the author. . Near Fine. Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1965.… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1954. Small 8vo. First Edition. ix, 101 pp. Recently bound in full dark blue morocco, with gilt lettering to spine, raised bands, gilt border to boards, marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. An attractive clean copy. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. First Edition. 1954.

London: Hamish Hamilton 1973. 8vo. 149 pp. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust wrapper. Minimal wear. No ownership names. 0241024137 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1973.

London: Faber and Faber 1987. Small 8vo. First edition. [ix], 51 pp. Paperback. Clean in near fine condition. Heaney's poems here explore the theme of loss. 057114781X . Near Fine. Softcover. First Paperback Edition. 1987.

London: Faber and Faber Limited 1958. Small 8vo. First Edition. 159 pp. Light blue cloth in unclipped jacket. . Internally clean. . Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 1958.

London: Hutchinson 1956. Small 8vo. First Edition. 112 pp. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Darkened spine and rubbed panels. Ink name of previous owner, the writer Andrew Salkey, to ffep, otherwise internally clean. This work was performed at The Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1952. Abse is considered as one of the best Welsh writers of the 20th century. . Very… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape 1967. 8vo. First Edition. xix, 459 pp. Cloth spine with gilt lettering over boards in unclipped pictorial jacket. Minor chipping and rubbing to jacket. Internally clean. The letters cover his early life in England, his journeys in Mexico and British Columbia and his return to Europe and England. A very insightful collection of letters. . Very Good.… Read more about this item