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 2005 Whitbread Prizes have been announced. In each of the following categories they are

Novel
Ali Smith 'The Accidental'
Nick Hornby 'A Long Way Down'
Salman Rushdie 'Shalimar the Clown'
Chistopher Wilson 'The Ballad of Lee Cotton'

First Novel
Tash Aw - The Harmony Silk Factory'
Diana Evans '26a'
Peter Hobbs 'The Short Day Dying'
Rachel Zadok 'Gem Squash Tokoloshe'

Children's Novel
Kate Thompson 'The New Policeman'
Frank Cottrell Boyce 'Framed'
Geraldine McCaughrean 'The White Darkness'
Hilary McKay 'Permanent Rose'

Costa Novel

The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai

Published: Hamish Hamilton, 2006

Fine in fine dustwrapper. The author's second novel, set in Nepal and winner of the Man Booker prize. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize

Price: £ 48.00

The Inheritance of Loss



Restless
by William Boyd

Published: Bloomsbury, 2006

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A novel about a female spy during the Second World War. A 'Richard and Judy' selection for 2007 and winner of the Costa Novel Award.

Price: £ 26.00

Restless


A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
by Xiaolu Guo

Published: Chatto & Windus, 2007

Already reprinted, these are true first printings. The author's first novel in (deliberately bad) English - a romantic comedy about two lovers who don't speak each other's language. Set to be a word of mouth success. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Now into its third reprint - these are, of course like all the books on this site, true first printings.

Price: £ 18.00

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers


Costa First Novel

Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Published: Fourth Estate, 2006

Fine in fine dustwrapper. Second novel from the author of 'Purple Hibiscus' - this set in Nigeria in the 1960's at the time of the Nigerian - Biafra war. Winner of this year's Orange Prize.

Price: £ 20.00

Half of a Yellow Sun


Restless
by William Boyd

Published: Bloomsbury, 2006

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A novel about a female spy during the Second World War. A 'Richard and Judy' selection for 2007 and winner of the Costa Novel Award.

Price: £ 20.00

Restless


What Was Lost
by Catherine O'Flynn

Published: Tindal Street Press, 2007

Fine illustrated card wrappers. A paperback original and true first. Longlisted for the Orange and Man Booker prizes. Probably the scarcest of the Booker titles because of its relatively small print run. Now also the winner of this year's Costa (formely the Whitbread) first novel award.

Price: £ 55.00

What Was Lost



Saving Caravaggio
by Neil Griffiths

Published: Penguin, 2006

Fine illustrated card wrappers as issued. Is a stolen painting worth dying for? Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award.

Price: £ 12.99

Saving Caravaggio


Cloth Girl
by Marilyn Heward Mills

Published: Time Warner, 2006

Fine in fine dustwrapper. Set in the Gold Coast in the 1940's - shortlisted for the Costa First Book Award.

Price: £ 14.99

Cloth Girl


What Was Lost
by Catherine O'Flynn

Published: Tindal Street Press, 2007

Fine illustrated card wrappers. A paperback original and true first. Longlisted for the Orange and Man Booker prizes. Probably the scarcest of the Booker titles because of its relatively small print run. Now also the winner of this year's Costa (formely the Whitbread) first novel award.

Price: £ 55.00

What Was Lost


Costa Children's Novel

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