First edition colector books

Jules Verne - Any first editions Julian Barnes - first editions published before Shiel - Any first editions considered M. Hamilton - Any first editions P. Wodehouse - Early first editions in jackets Philip K. Sylvia Plath - Early first editions. Lawrence - Various first editions, including Seven Pillars of Wisdom Ted Hughes - Most first editions considered, especially signed copies.

White - Any early first editions in dustjackets. The Yellow Book - Any copies considered, especially full sets. Eliot - Most first editions, please enquire. Naipaul - first editions up to In a Free State Yeats - Early first editions and fine press W. Johns - Any first editions in Dust Jackets, without dust jackets considered for early novels W.

Auden — Early first editions and any limited editions W. Heath Robinson - Any limited editions W. Burroughs - Any first editions published before , or signed editions William Trevor - first editions published before considered. Winston S. Churchill - Most first editions considered, signed books especially required.

Somerset Maugham - Any first editions in dustjackets Wyndham Lewis - Most first editions before We are interested in antiquarian rare books or first editions too, but advise that people just contact us as it's a little trickier for us to specify exactly what we're looking for. York, Bradford, Leeds, Hull, Scarborough, Sheffield, Lincoln, Doncaster, Liverpool and Manchester are a short commute for us, and we'll gladly travel the distance to take a look.

Email: shop hyraxia. Banks, Iain M. While Biblio has an online glossary of book terminology available for free, nobody does it like Carter. Now in its eighth edition, ABC is the comprehensive reference work for book collectors and dealers everywhere. Indispensable to the collector of first editions, this portable little guide contains exhaustive and compact information on the markings used by thousands of publishers to identify first editions.

Buy a copy of Pocket Guide. Another immensely handy guide, this modest little volume is packed with information on the points of issue of many first editions, modern and classic. Like the companion volume above, it can easily be slipped into a back pocket or purse. Buy a copy of Points of Issue. Home First edition books. Search First Editions First edition books are the first appearances in print of a particular work, and as such convey value and meaning to their owner, aesthetically, emotionally and monetarily.

Keyword or ISBN. First Editions. Signed Books. Find Books Advanced search. First Editions - Frequently Asked Questions The desire to acquire first editions could be considered the backbone of the book collecting world. How do I search for first edition books? Which is the true first? What about first U. Are they true firsts? How do I know something is a first edition? What is all this about points of issue and first state?

How much are first editions worth? What about limited editions - are they considered firsts? In most cases, the first number on that number line indicates what printing that copy was a part of.

With each printing, the publisher removes a number from the line of numbers. A variation on that theme is the letter row. A is the first printing, B is the second Harper and Brothers, one of the many incarnations of the modern day HarperCollins publishing house, used a unique two letter code between that indicated the month and year of publication.

The first letter, A-M indicated the month, January-December. The second letter, M-W, indicated the year, In some cases, a number is moved from the left side of the line to the end of the right side as that printing is exhausted. Another variation is printing number and year of publication. One side of the number line is the the printing number, the other side is the year of that printing. Numbers and years are removed as the book continues through its course of sales.

If the word First Edition is on the page with a number line, that number line must be complete. This means that the first number in that line of numbers must start with the first number for that publisher. Counter intuitively, a 1 in the number line for that publisher during those years meant a later printing. The printing history page is the first thing to check, but not the last. In some cases the printing history may show everything that you could hope for, but other parts of the book contradict that story.

Reprint houses EG: Sundial Press, Triangle Books, Grossett and Dunlap would sometimes purchase the original printing plates from the original publisher. Their reprinted edition would potentially bear all of the same edition identifiers on the copyright page. The test here is to compare that copyright page with the information on the spine of the book. Typically, the reprint house would label the tail of the spine with their company name.