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 -
DICKENS, Charles (author). Elizabeth S. TUCKER (illustrator). A Child’s Dream of a Star. New York Frederick A. Stokes Company. [1894]
£50.00 -
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_8121-768x1024.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 -
ELIOT, T.S. Little Gidding. London; Faber And Faber. 1942.
£45.00 -
1830s’ Austen
AUSTEN, Jane. Mansfield Park. London; Richard Bentley. 1837£950.00 -
AUSTEN, Jane (author). C.E. BROCK (illustrator). Northanger Abbey. London; J.M. Dent & Co. 1907.
£95.00 -
HARRIS, Robert. Pompeii. A Novel. London; Hutchinson. 2003. Signed
£60.00 -
AUSTEN, Jane (author). C.E. BROCK (illustrator). Sense & Sensibility. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1908.
£160.00 -
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_7865-768x1024.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 -
DAVIS, A.R. (editor). Robert KOTEWALL and Norman L. SMITH (translators). The Penguin Book of Chinese Verse. London; Penguin Books. 1968
£20.00 -
Sold with a letter to Viola Meynell
HAMILTON, George Rostrevor. The Sober War and Other Poems of 1939. London; William Heinemann Ltd. 1940. Signed£120.00 -
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 -
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
£650.00 -
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