modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

New to stock in the last 60 days

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


The Final Act of Mr. Shakespeare
by Robert Winder

Published: Little Brown, 2010

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A daring and highly imaginative novel in which the author creates the story of Shakespeare completing his royal cycle of plays with 'Henry V11'. The novel also contains this 'new play'. Well reviewed and one to watch.

Price: £ 16.99

The Final Act of Mr. Shakespeare by Robert Winder


The Man from Beijing
by Henning Mankell

Published: Harvill Secker, 2010

Fine in fine dustwrapper.Latest crime novel from the author of the Wallander series. Already reprinted, this is a true UK first printing.

Price: £ 20.00

The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell


The Blasphemer
by Nigel Farndale

Published: Doubleday, 2010

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A well reviewed debut novel with themes of love, cowardice and redemption which covers territory from the trenches of the First World War to present day London over four generations. One to watch.

Price: £ 12.99

The Blasphemer by Nigel Farndale


Dying to Tell
by Robert Goddard

Published: Bantam Press, 2001

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Price: £ 20.00

Dying to Tell by Robert Goddard


The Music Room
by William Fiennes

Published: Picador, 2009

Fine in fine dustwrapper. Well reviewed memoir - shortlisted for the Costa biography award.

Price: £ 14.99

The Music Room by William Fiennes


The Running Sky
by Tim Dee

Published: Cape, 2009

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. An extremely well reviewed memoir of a 'bird watching life'.

Price: £ 24.00

The Running Sky by Tim Dee


The Boat
by Nam Le

Published: Canongate, 2008

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A novel about a journey far across the world and deep into the lives of a handful of its citizens. A debut novel.

Price: £ 12.99

The Boat by Nam Le


Long Time Coming
by Robert Goddard

Published: Bantam Press, 2010

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A new crime novel from one of the U K's finest thriller/crime writers.

Price: £ 18.00

Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard


Consolation
by Anna Gavalda

Published: Chatto & Windus, 2010

Fine card wrappers as issued in fine dustwrapper. The first English edition of a huge international bestseller - the story of one man, two women and a unforgettable transvestite.

Price: £ 12.99

Consolation by Anna Gavalda


Ruby's Spoon
by Anna Lawrence Pietroni

Published: Chatto & Windus, 2010

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A debut novel which has already gathered plenty of advance positive notice. Set in the industrial Black Country of the 1930's this is a story about Ruby Tailor and her dream of an adventure at sea. Definitely one to watch.

Price: £ 12.99

Ruby


Dona Nicanora's Hat Shop
by Kristan Hawkins

Published: Hutchinson, 2010

Fine illustrated wrappers as issued. A debut novel set in a South American town where the arrival of a foreigner turns life upside down.

Price: £ 11.99

Dona Nicanora


A Life Apart
by Neel Mukherjee

Published: Constable, 2010

Fine in fine dustwrapper. Two interlocked stories make up this novel. The first is about a young man's escape from the squalor of Calcutta; the other the story of an English woman in the old world of Bengal. Set in India in the 1970's and 80's.

Price: £ 12.99

A Life Apart by Neel Mukherjee


The Twisted Heart
by Rebecca Gowers

Published: Canongate, 2009

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A modern story also one which makes a fascinating link between the young Charles Dickens and the deranged murder of a prostitute known as the Countess.

Price: £ 12.99

The Twisted Heart by Rebecca Gowers


Parrot and Olivier in America
by Peter Carey

Published: Faber, 2010

Signed by the author. Finje in fine dustwrapper. Likely to be one of the books of the Year.

Price: £ 18.99

Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey


Waking up in Toytown
by John Burnside

Published: Cape, 2010

Signed by authotr. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A sequel to 'A Lie About my Father' - a new memoir - the story of one man's search for sanity. Very well reviewed.

Price: £ 25.00

Waking up in Toytown by John Burnside

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