modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

Orange prize first editions

The 2011 Orange Prize longlist is shown below.

    * Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) - Sudanese; 3rd Novel
    * Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch (Canongate) - British; 10th Novel
    * Room by Emma Donoghue (Picador) - Irish; 7th Novel
    * The Pleasure Seekers by Tishani Doshi (Bloomsbury) - Indian; 1st Novel
    * Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty (Faber and Faber) - British; 6th Novel
    * A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Corsair) - American; 4th Novel
    * The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (Bloomsbury) - British/Sierra Leonean; 2nd
       Novel
    * The London Train by Tessa Hadley (Jonathan Cape) - British; 4th Novel
    * Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson (Sceptre) - British; 1st Novel
    * The Seas by Samantha Hunt (Corsair) - American; 1st Novel
    * The Birth of Love by Joanna Kavenna (Faber and Faber) - British; 2nd Novel
    * Great House by Nicole Krauss (Viking) - American; 3rd Novel
    * The Road to Wanting by Wendy Law-Yone (Chatto & Windus) - American; 3rd Novel
    * The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) - Serbian/American; 1st Novel
    * The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (Viking) - American; 1st Novel
    * Repeat it Today with Tears by Anne Peile (Serpent's Tail) - British; 1st Novel
    * Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (Chatto & Windus) - American; 1st Novel
    * The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin (Serpent's Tail) -         British/Nigerian; 1st Novel
    * The Swimmer by Roma Tearne (Harper Press) - British; 4th Novel
    * Annabel by Kathleen Winter (Jonathan Cape) - Canadian; 1st Novel


The shortlist is announced on 12th April 2011

The winner will be announced on 8th June 2011
 

click here for previous years' Orange Prize books.


The Tiger's Wife
by Tea Obreht

Published: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2011

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Winner of the Orange Prize and debut novel. The UK edition precedes the US.

Price: £ 68.00

The Tiger


The Tiger's Wife
by Tea Obreht

Published: Weidenfelf & Nicolson , 2011

Fine in fine dustwrapper. Much acclaimed debut novel and winner of the Orange Prize. The UK edition is the true first. Now scarce in this first printing.

Price: £ 42.00

The Tiger



Arlington Park
by Rachel Cusk

Published: Faber, 2006

Fine in fine dustwrapper - the less common hardback edition - a novel set in a modern day English suburb. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize.

Price: £ 16.00

Arlington Park


Scottsboro
by Ellen Feldman

Published: Picador, 2008

Fine in fine dustwrapper. Set in 1931, this is a story of racism and social injustice - from the author of 'The Boy Loved Anne Frank'. Shortlisted for the Orange prize.

Price: £ 24.00

Scottsboro


The Memory of Love
by Aminatta Forna

Published: Bloomsbury, 2010

Fine in fine dustwrapper. Hailed as one of Africa's most promising writers, this could well be the breakthrough novel for this author. A story of ordinary people in extrodinary circumstances. Set in Sierra Leone. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize.

Price: £ 25.00

The Memory of Love


The Observations
by Jane Harris

Published: Faber, 2006

Fine in Fine dustwrapper. A debut novel which comes with much advance praise - a story of one young woman's journey from a difficult past into and even more disturbing present. Set in Scotland in 1863. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize

Price: £ 14.99

The Observations


The Observations
by Jane Harris

Published: Faber, 2006

SIGNED by the author in an incredibly minimalistic way but signed nonetheless. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. A debut novel which comes with much advance praise - a story of one young woman's journey from a difficult past into and even more disturbing present. Set in Scotland in 1863. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize

Price: £ 16.00

The Observations


Black Water Rising
by Attica Locke

Published: Serpents Tail, 2009

Fine illustrated wrappers a isued. No hardback edition. Shortlisted for the Orange prize.

Price: £ 15.00

Black Water Rising


Molly Fox's Birthday
by Deirdre Madden

Published: Faber, 2008

Fine card wrappers as issued in fine dustwrapper. A novel about identity from an accomplished and well-reviewed author. Shortlisted for the Orange prize.

Price: £ 15.00

Molly Fox


Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel

Published: 4th Estate, 2009

Signed, dated and with a hand written quote by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The Man Booker winner and now very scarce in this first printing. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize.

Price: £ 360.00

Wolf Hall


Lullabies for Little Criminals
by Heather O'Neill

Published: Quercus, 2008

Fine card wrappers with flaps as issued. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize.

Price: £ 14.00

Lullabies for Little Criminals


Digging to America
by Anne Tyler

Published: Chatto & Windus, 2006

Fine in fine dustwrapper. The story of two families and their adopted Korean babies. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize.

Price: £ 16.99

Digging to America


Annabel
by Kathleen Winter

Published: Cape, 2011

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Shortlisted for the Orange prize.

Price: £ 28.00

Annabel

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