Modern Firsts from Quair Books

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. FIRST US EDITION. 8vo. Beige linen spine, paper title label lettered in black, blue paper boards, blind-stamped Houghton Mifflin device to upper board. Leading and bottom edges untrimmed. Tobacco-toned, gentle wear to extremities, stain to bottom board. Toned, PO black-stamped Chinese characters to ffep, else, clean and tight. Bound… Read more about this item

London: Hogarth Press, 1956. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, "probably one of a second issue". 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Gentle pushing to spine ends. Musty, else, clean, bright and tight. In the original Vanessa Bell-designed dust jacket: spine darkened, wear and chipping to head of spine and top corners, a few nicks to edges,… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1939. Quarter cloth, paper boards. Good+. FIRST UK EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Quarter pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt in blue title panel, patterned paper boards. Top edge pink (faded), bottom untrimmed. Lean to spine, heavy knocks to bottom corners, especially bottom board. Edges foxed. Signed and dated (18.11.39) by Struther in blue… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1936. Cloth. Good-only. FIRST EDITION, NANCY ASTOR's COPY. 8vo, pp. [1-4], 7-368 (as usual). Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Spine cocked, cloth splitting at upper joint, rubbed, large stain to front board. "Nancy Astor" in brown ink to ffep, some foxing, esp. endpapers. Else, clean and tight. Good-only A well-handled… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. Original blue and black mottled cloth, (faded) green paper title label to spine. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Wear and fine bands of fading to spine ends, bottom corners bruised. Some foxing, heaviest at endpapers and prelims, spare title label tipped in to rear. Else, clean… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. Cloth. Good+. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Original beige cloth, green paper label to title. Boards darkened and grubby, extremities rubbed. Top edge dusty, a scatter of spots to leading edge. Endpapers toned, a few marks, else, clean and tight. Good+ A solid copy of this important early experiment in contrast (rather than… Read more about this item

London: Virago Limited, 1980. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST UK EDITIONS. 8vo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Extremities bruised, faint spotting to top edge. In the original grey, red and blue dust jacket: edgewear and creasing. [With:] Trade paperback. Original grey, red and blue card covers. Edgewear and creasing. Toned. Else, clean and tight. Both very good.… Read more about this item

London: The Women's Press, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. FIRST UK EDITION. Trade paperback. Illustrated monochrome wrappers, lettered in orange, white and grey. Reading creases and edgewear. POI to first page, else, clean and tight. Very good A very good copy of the American radical feminist's third essay collection and best known title, a powerful and remorseless… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1947. Cloth. Good+. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. Original green buckram, spine lettered in gilt. Bottom edge untrimmed. Spine cocked, pushing to ends. Top edge tanned, others spotted. Endpapers toned, some foxing. Else, clean and tight. A good+ copy of STW's later short story collection.

FIRST EDITIONS, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR-EDITOR. 8vos, incl. b/w plates. Original red, green and blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Extremities bruised and bumped, foxed and toned. Inscribed by Smith in blue ink to ffep of each volume: "Inscribed for Peter Carpenter by Constance Babington Smith, 1986". Else, clean and tight. In the original dust jackets by John Woodcock and M.… Read more about this item

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1971. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in white and black. Spine ends bumped, extremities bruised. Inscribed by Jones in blue biro to ffep: "For Ian, Welcoming him back from the tierras del Cid. Gwyn –". Blue biro ticks to Contents page, plus… Read more about this item

Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1934. Cloth. Good+. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, incl. silhouette frontis and tail-pieces, plus full-page illustrations, by Kathleen Verschoyle, two coloured by an amateur hand. Original publisher's blue cloth, spine and upper board lettered and ruled in navy. Extremities bruised. Edges foxed. POIs to ffep, some fox spots and marks to margins, two illustrations coloured by… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1953. FIRST TRADE EDITION, MARION MOREHOUSE PHOTOGRAPH of CUMMINGS laid in. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in white. Pushing to spine ends, edges tanned, scant spotting to leading edge. Foxing and offsetting to feps, from obituary clipping (Cyril Connolly's 'On the Death of a Poet,' Sunday Times), laid in. Black and white matt… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth & Co., 1919. Cloth. Good+. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's blue cloth, spine and upper board lettered and ruled in black. Spine and board edges faded, head of spine frayed and bumped, dints to top edge. Edges darkened and endpapers a little grubby, toned, "File" scored, decisively, in black pencil across title page, as was Duckworth's practice, else,… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth & Co., 1919. Cloth. Good+. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Uneven fading to spine and boards, a few marks, extremities bruised, chip to head of spine. Toned, spine superficially cracked at pp. 112-3, else clean and tidy. Good+ A sturdy copy of the tenth "chapter" of Richardson's pioneering modernist project,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House/ The Poetry Quartos, 1929. Poor. FIRST US EDITION. 4to, pp. [8]. Beige illustrated paper wrappers, lettered in black. Cream laid paper watermarked with 'R.H.' within decorative frame. Wrappers detached, with losses. Edges creased, else, clean. Poor. A fragmented copy of H.D.'s poem exploring the her relationship with, and desire for, Paul Robeson,… Read more about this item

Boston: Dante University of America Press/ Branden Publishing Company, 1999. Cloth. Very Good. Large 8vo,. Original blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt. Spine ends bruised, else, a bright, tight copy. In the original dust jacket: creasing to spine ends and edges, price label to rear panel. Very good/ very good Maria Cristina Marconi (1900-1994) was the… Read more about this item

FIRST UK TRADE EDITION. 8vo. Publisher's original sand-coloured cloth, lettered in orange, bottom board blind-stamped with Cape's device. Bottom edge rough trimmed. A touch soiled and dust-darkened, pushing and wear to extremities. Edges toned, scatter of faint spots to leading edge. Uneven toning to pastedowns, occasional fox spots. Else, clean and bright. In the original red and black typographical dust… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1946. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, amply illustrated with b/w plates of film stills. Original sea green cloth, spine lettered in plum. Pushing to spine ends, slightest bend to boards, wrinkle to bottom board. Faint spotting to edges. A little musty, else, clean and tight. In the attractive illustrated dust jacket in pink, yellow, and… Read more about this item

London: Bantam Press, 1996. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Red endpapers. Pushing to spine ends, top corner of upper board bumped, edges toned. Signed by Cooper in black biro to title page, else, clean and tight. In the original dust jacket: creased at edges and extremities, especially.… Read more about this item