modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

Historical/Military fiction first editions

        All of the books on these pages are first editions and first printings

We hold a wide selection of historical or military fiction by a large number of writers. It's always worth asking in case we have what you are looking for in stock.


Chatterton
by Peter Ackroyd

Published: Hamish Hamilton, 1987

Signed by the authjor. Near fine in fine dustwrapper with the usual slight tanning to the page edges. Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize.

Price: £ 25.00

Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd


Chaucer
by Peter Ackroyd

Published: Chatto & Windus, 2004

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Price: £ 14.00

Chaucer by Peter Ackroyd


In the Beginning
by PETER ACKROYD

Published: Dorling Kindersley, 2003

PROOF COPY Fine card wraps together with promotional card. The author's first work for children - the first in the 'Voyages through time' series

Price: £ 14.00



The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
by Peter Ackroyd

Published: Chatto & Windus, 2008

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Price: £ 16.99

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd


The Death of King Arthur
by Peter Ackroyd

Published: Penguin Classics, 2010

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Price: £ 28.00

The Death of King Arthur by Peter Ackroyd


The Lambs of London
by Peter Ackroyd

Published: Chatto & Windus, 2004

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Price: £ 25.00

The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd


The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde
by Peter Ackroyd

Published: Hamish Hamilton, 1983

Very good plus in fine dustwrapper with some of the usual tanning. The author's second novel - a nice copy.

Price: £ 18.00

The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde by Peter Ackroyd


Venice - Pure City
by Peter Ackroyd

Published: Chatto & Windus, 2009

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The author's detailed and informative study of the city. Illustrated.

Price: £ 25.00

Venice - Pure City by Peter Ackroyd


Sworn Sword
by James Aitcheson

Published: Preface, 2011

Signed and dated by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Set in 1069 this historical novel tells of the clash between the Normans and the province of Northumbria. Debut novel and one to watch.

Price: £ 20.00

Sworn Sword by James Aitcheson


According to Queeney
by Beryl Bainbridge

Published: Little Brown, 2001

Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Price: £ 12.99

According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge


Life Class
by Pat Barker

Published: Hamish Hamilton, 2007

Fine in fine dustwrapper. The Booker winner returns with another World War 1 story of young students from the Slade School of Art.

Price: £ 16.99

Life Class by Pat Barker


The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker

Published: Viking, 1995

Fine in near fine dustwrapper - just very lightly rubbed at the corners and minor discolouration to the dustwrapper spine. A very nice copy of this Man Booker winner.

Price: £ 42.00

The Ghost Road by Pat Barker


Band of Eagles
by Frank Barnard

Published: Headline, 2007

Fine in near fine dustwrapper which has a a tiny nick at bottom lower corner. Second novel about fighter piolets in World War Two.

Price: £ 10.00

Band of Eagles by Frank Barnard


D-Day
by Antony Beevor

Published: Viking, 2009

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Probably the most important non-fiction book of 2009 about one of the significant events of the second World War. Rapidly reprinted (now into 14 reprints) this true first printing is very scarce.

Price: £ 50.00

D-Day by Antony Beevor


Honour and the Sword
by A L Berridge

Published: Michael Joseph, 2010

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A debut novel set in the Seventeenth Century at the height of the 30 Years War. One for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Patrick O'Brian. Special price.

Price: £ 12.00

Honour and the Sword by A L Berridge

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