Literature and Modern Firsts
Price
Signed
First edition
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NEWMAN, Andrea. A Bouquet of Barbed Wire. London A Triton Book. 1969 Signed
£150.00 -
One of only 160 copies
PLATH, Sylvia. A Day in June. Ely. Embers Press. 1981.£180.00 -
MARCHAND, Leslie A. (author). Bryon. A Biography. New York & London. Alfred A. Knopf [and] John Murray. 1957
£75.00 -
Unusual coffin binding
GAY, John. Fables. London; Printed at the Chiswick Press, by C. Whittingham, etc. 1812.£180.00 -
GODDEN, Rumer. Greengage Summer. London Macmillan & Co., Limited. 1958
£90.00 -
First rewritten edition
COLLINS, Wilkie. Hide And Seek; or, The Mystery of Mary Grice. London; Sampson Low, Son & Co. 1861£140.00 -
![Lara: a tale [bound with "Jacqueline: a tale", by Samuel Rogers].](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_8121-600x800.png)
[BYRON, George Gordon Byron, Baron]. Lara: a tale [bound with “Jacqueline: a tale”, by Samuel Rogers]. London; Printed for J. Murray, Albemarle-Street. 1814
£180.00 -
1830s’ Austen
AUSTEN, Jane. Mansfield Park. London; Richard Bentley. 1837£1,250.00 -
With a portrait photograph of Lawrence
Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom; a triumph. London; Jonathan Cape. 1935.£150.00 -
![The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King [Lord of the Rings Trilogy].](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_7865-600x800.png)
First edition set, later impressions, in slipcase
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. (author). The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King [Lord of the Rings Trilogy]. London; George Allen & Unwin. 1965£2,500.00 -
STEVENSON, R.L. (author). The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. London; Longmans, Green & Co. 1886
£250.00 -
CHRISTIE, Agatha (author). 4.50 From Paddington. London Published for The Crime Club by Collins. 1957
£180.00 -
CHRISTIE, Agatha (author). A Caribbean Mystery featuring Miss Marple. London Collins Crime Club. 1964
£45.00 -
MACLAREN, Ian (author). Frederick C. GORDON (illustrator). A Doctor of the Old School. London Hodder & Stoughton. 1894
£100.00 -
LEE, Laurie (author). Cider With Rosie. London Hogarth Press. 1959
£350.00 -
CAPOTE, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany’s. London Penguin Books in Association with Hamish Hamilton. 1962
£45.00 -
DICKENS, Charles (author). Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London Printed and Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans, 90 Fleet Street, and Blackfriars. 1846
£750.00 -
A cult comedy classic
GROSSMITH, George and Weedon (author and illustrator). Diary of a Nobody. Bristol J.W. Arrowsmith, 11 Quay Street. 1892£550.00 -
CHRISTIE, Agatha (author). Elephants Can Remember. London The Crime Club. 1972
£120.00 -
AUSTEN, Jane (author). Hugh THOMSON (illustrator). Emma. London Macmillan And Co. 1912
£85.00 -
SHELLEY, Mary W. (author). Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus. On this famous story Universal have based a film starring Colin Clive, Boris Karloff; Frederick Kerr and Mae Clarke. London The Reader’s Library Publishing Company Ltd. 1931
£350.00 -
GRIMM, The Bros. (author). Robert ANNING BELL (illustrator). Grimm’s Household Tales. London J.M. Dent & Co. 1910
£200.00 -
CHRISTIE, Agatha (author). Hickory Dickory Dock. London Published for The Crime Club by Collins. 1955
£150.00 -
WODEHOUSE, P.G. (author). Jeeves in the Offing. London Herbert Jenkins. 1960
£140.00