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.


Hawksmoor
by Peter Ackroyd

Published: Hamish Hamilton, 1985

Nr Fine in Fine first state dust wrapper with the usual light page tanning. Often considered the author's finest novel so far

Price: £ 35.00

Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd


The Life of Thomas More
by Peter Ackroyd

Published: Chatto & Windus, 1998

Fine in Fine dust wrapper . Quickly reprinted

Price: £ 25.00

The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd


According to Queeney
by Beryl Bainbridge

Published: Little Brown, 2001

Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Price: £ 12.99

According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge


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: £ 55.00

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


Honour and the Sword
by A L Berridge

Published: Michael Joseph, 2010

Signed, dated and with a quotation added by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A story set in the Sevententh Century during the 30 years war.

Price: £ 22.00

Honour and the Sword by A L Berridge


The Blood of Alexandria
by Richard Blake

Published: Hodder & Stoughton, 2010

Signed, dated and with a quote added by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A new novel from the author of 'The Terror of Constantinople'.

Price: £ 24.00

The Blood of Alexandria by Richard Blake


The Soldier's Return
by Melvyn Bragg

Published: Sceptre, 1999

Signed by the author. The first part of the author's acclaimed Second World War trilogy.

Price: £ 25.00

The Soldier


Knight of Swords
by Ian Breckon

Published: Old Street Publishing, 2009

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A debut novel set in 1944, northern Italy as Communist partisans lock forces with Mussolini's fascist forces. A tale of illusion and identity and games played for the higest stakes. One to watch and already reprinted. This had a relatively small first printing and this is a true first printing.

Price: £ 18.00

Knight of Swords by Ian Breckon


King's Men Crow
by Nicholas Carter

Published: Macmillan, 1997

Fine in fine dustwrapper. Third 'Shadow of the Crown' novel.

Price: £ 10.00

King


The War at Troy
by Lindsay Clarke

Published: Harper Collins, 2004

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A re-telling of the Bronze Age war for the city of Troy. Rapidly re-printed and uncommon.

Price: £ 23.00

The War at Troy by Lindsay Clarke


Revenger
by Rory Clements

Published: John Murray, 2010

Signed, dated and with a quote added by the author. The follow up to the very successsful 'Martyr'.

Price: £ 22.00

Revenger by Rory Clements


Revenger
by Rory Clements

Published: John Murray, 2010

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The second book to feature 'intelligencer' John Shakespeare.

Price: £ 14.99

Revenger by Rory Clements


The Vicroy's Captian
by Anthony Conway

Published: Hodder & Stoughton, 2000

Fine in fine dustwrapper. The first in the series featuring gurkha officer John Caspasian.

Price: £ 22.00

The Vicroy

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