modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

The Whitbread / Costa Prize


The shortlisted titles for the 2009 Costa Prizes have been announced. In each of the following categories they are

Novel
Penelope Lively 'Family Album'
Hilary Mantel 'Wolf Hall'
Christopher Nicholson 'The Elephant Keeper'
Colm Toibin 'Brooklyn'

First Novel
Rachel Heath 'The Finest Type of English Womanhood'
Peter Murphy 'John the Revelator'
Raphael Selbourne 'Beauty'
Ali Shaw 'The Girl with glass feet'

Children's Novel
Siobhan Dowd 'Solace of the Road'
Mary Hoffman 'Troubadour'
Patrick Ness 'The Ask and the Answer'
Anna Perera 'Guantanamo Boy'

Costa Novel

Brooklyn
by Colm Toibin

Published: Viking, 2009

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A novel which will undoubtedly feasture in this year's prize lists. Already reviewed this is reckoned to be one of the author's best novels. Rapidly reprinted. Winner of the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Booker prize.

Price: £ 25.00

Brooklyn


Brooklyn
by Colm Toibin

Published: Viking, 2009

Signed and dated by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper.Likely to be one of the books of the year and potential prize winner. An Irish woman leaves home to find work in America but tragic news summons her back to Ireland and she finds herself facing a terrible choice. Now longlisted for the Man Booker prize. Winner of the Costa novel award

Price: £ 50.00

Brooklyn


Brooklyn
by Colm Toibin

Published: Tuskar Rock Press, 2009

Signed Limited Edition. One of 75 copies bound in cloth and housed in a slipcase. Signed, numbered and dated (pre-publication day) by the author. This is copy 74. Longlisted for the Man Booker prize. A handsome edition. Winner of the Costa novel award

Price: £ 150.00

Brooklyn


Brooklyn
by Colm Toibin

Published: Viking, 2009

Signed Proof copy. Fine illustrated proof wrappers. Longlisted for the Man Booker prize. Winner of the Costa novel award

Price: £ 28.00

Brooklyn



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


The Elephant Keeper
by Christopher Nicholson

Published: 4th Estate, 2009

Fine illustrated boards and as issued without dustwrapper. Set in the 18th Century this is the story of two young elephants brought to Bristol by a wealthy landowner and their keeper, a stable boy who develops a special relationship with them. Shortlisted for the Costa Prize.

Price: £ 16.00

The Elephant Keeper


Costa First Novel


The Finest Type of English Womanhood
by Rachel Heath

Published: Hutchinson, 2009

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A debut novel. Two girls from widely different backgrounds meet in pre-apartheid South Africa in 1946. A highly accomplished and startling debut. Shortlisted for the Costa First novel prize

Price: £ 15.00

The Finest Type of English Womanhood


John the Revelator
by Peter Murphy

Published: Faber, 2009

Fine card wrappers with flaps as issued. The story of an introverted, watchful adolescent stuck in a small town and worried over by his ailing mother. Endorsed by both Colm Toibin and Roddy Doyle. Debut novel. Shortlisted for the Costa First novel prize

Price: £ 15.00

John the Revelator


Costa Children's Novel

The Ask and the Answer
by Patrick Ness

Published: Walker Books, 2009

Signed, dated and lined by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Book two of a trilogy. Winner of the Costa Children's Fiction Prize.

Price: £ 45.00

The Ask and the Answer


The Ask and the Answer
by Patrick Ness

Published: Walker Books, 2009

Fine in fine dustwrapper. Second part of a trilogy and follo up to the sucessful 'The Knife of Never Letting Go'. Winner of the Costa First novel prize

Price: £ 28.00

The Ask and the Answer



Solace of the Road
by Siobhan Dowd

Published: David Fickling Books, 2009

Fine in fine dustwrapper. The fourth novel from a very well respecred author, who sadly died in August 2007 aged only 47. All of her books have received critical acclaim and this is no exception. A young girl is done with social workers and being fostered sets off in search of her true mother. Shortlisted for the Costa First novel prize

Price: £ 12.00

Solace of the Road

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