Modern First Editions from Northern Lights Rare Books

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Publisher's light blue cloth with silver titles. A strip of sunning at each end of the backstrip where there is loss to the dustjacket. The binding is firm, square and tight. Free from owner names etc but small bookseller label to front pastedown, bottom edge. The block has… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very acceptable copy - first issue with price of 3.95 at the front flap and no printing statement at colophon. Blue cloth with white titles at the backstrip, lower corners bumped, rubbing and slight grubbiness to top corners. Spine tips creased - crushed at… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Printing, 2nd issue without coloured top-edge. Remainder mark to bottom edge, corners bumped. Small, neat previous owner name to front pastedown. Spine tips pushed a little. Green covers bright and clean - not bad at all, VG. The dustjacket is unclipped but does have… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First Printing. A nice copy of this early novel, in the striking dustjacket designed by Cathy Larsen. A firm, square binding, no bumping, free from owner names etc. The block has yellowed/tanned noticeably but that is its only fault. Near Fine in Fine unclipped dustjacket. … Read more about this item

London: Pushkin Vertigo, 2023. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. The author's first novel - comical and grim in equal measure and recently awarded the William McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Fiction Title. I can't remember a better debut in the genre, myself, since Ian Rankin's Knots and Crosses. Already into its second printing.… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The first UK edition. An attractive copy with bumps to the corners and to the top edge at the gutter, previous owner name to top of the front endpaper. A nice, square, firm binding, however and remains a reasonably fresh copy. The dustjacket is unclipped with… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. First thus, the very pretty Folio Society edition of this classic work. Illustrated by Peter Bailey, introduced by Valerie Grove. 3/4 cloth with printed paper front cover. In a pictorial slipcase both the book and slipcase are in Fine clean condition.

New York: Morrow, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Lightly pushed at the spine tips but otherwise a Fine, square, tight copy. Minor crease to the dustjacket front panel but otherwise a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Signed directly to the half-title by the author.

London: Harwood-Smart Publishing, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. An attractive copy of this early title by the best-selling Welsh novelist. The second Piers Roper story, following The Shakeout. A VG copy indeed, pushed at the spine tips, corners lightly bumped. Slightly cracked at the title and first couple of gatherings but tight and reasonably… Read more about this item

No Binding. Fine. A plain white card bearing the author's hand-written signature. Measures approx 6" x 4", Fine condition and can be trimmed down for mounting in a book, e.g. Pencil notes to verso.. The autograph was obtained in person by the previous owner at Waterstones, Piccadilly in 1999. Provenance: from the collection of the indefatigable autograph… Read more about this item

No Binding. Fine. A plain white card bearing J.M. Coetzee's hand-written signature. Measures approx 6" x 4", Fine condition and can be trimmed down for mounting in a book, e.g. Pencil notes to verso.. The autograph was obtained in person by the previous owner in Stockholm, 2003, at the time of his award of the Nobel Prize… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The author's first novel. Original black cloth with silver gilt titles to the backstrip. Pushed a little at the spine tips, the corners are sharp, the book is square and tight, the text-block remarkably fresh. Free from previous owner names etc, pretty much a Fine copy. The dustjacket… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Winner of the 2021 Booker Prize. A Fine condition first printing (with full numberline) in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. A nice copy.

London: Collins, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very tidy copy, free from owner names etc. Top-edge a trifle dust-marked and pushing to both ends of the backstrip. The protected dustjacket is unclipped but colour-faded at the spine as usual - author's name invisible. A very presentable copy nonetheless.

London: Collins Harvill, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing of the first UK edition, hardcover. An attractive copy - square and tight with sharp corners, minor creasing to spine tips. There is the ghost of a very small label which has been removed at the flyleaf but otherwise a Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A tidy copy, free from owner names etc. Pushing/rubs to both spine tips, some discolouration of paper at edges. The protected jacket shows some minor damage to lower panel and is colour-faded at the spine although the titles are not affected.

New York: William Morrow, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in Fine dustjacket. By the author of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull,

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. An unread, As New condition copy of this international bestseller. The first printing with countdown of 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 at the colophon. The dustjacket is unclipped and also in As New condition with no signs of wear.

London: Maclehose Press (Quercus), 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 3rd volume in the later Swedish author's bestselling trilogy. A book which has been read but remains firm and square. Free from onwer names etc, VG++ in unclipped dustjacket.

London: Heinemann, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Publisher's black boards with silver titles to the backstrip, pp. 208. Slight spine-slant and cracked pretty much through the block. A tidy, clean copy, nonetheless, no owner names, no foxing etc. Covers very clean and bright. The dustjacket (UK version) is not price-clipped. It is rubbed… Read more about this item