Various — 14 Vols Post-War and Cold War British Fiction First Editions
London, Various, 1956-1988. First edition. Cloth. An extensive fourteen-volume collection of post-war and Cold War British first and first UK editions, featuring authors such as Graham Greene, Angus Wilson, and Lawrence Durrell, complete with the original dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.ÃÂ First editions.ÃÂ Complete with the original dust wrappers, all but one of which remain unclipped.A varied fourteen-volume collection of first edition novels published between 1956 and 1988, representing post-war and Cold War British fiction across literary, psychological, and espionage genres. The set includes works by Graham Greene, Angus Wilson, Lawrence Durrell, and other significant mid-century voices.Compromising:ÃÂ Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson (1956). First edition. Published by Secker & Warburg. I, JacquelineÃÂ- by Hilda Lewis (1957). First edition. Published by Jarrolds. The Missing Man by Hillary Waugh (1964). First edition. Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. The Beach of Falesa by Dylan Thomas (1964). First UK edition. Published by Jonathan Cape. Dust wrapper slightly clipped, though the original price remains. Night of Camp David by Fletcher Knebel (1965). First UK edition. Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Aftermath by George Corston (1968). First edition. Published by Robert Hale. The Players and the Game by Julian Symons (1972). First edition. Published by The Crime Club. The Swiss Arrangement by William Fairchild (1973). First edition. Published by Macmillan. Monsieur: or, The Prince of Darkness by Lawrence Durrell (1974). First edition. Published by Faber and Faber. Brainrack by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis (1974). First edition. Published by Souvenir Press Ltd. Winding Sheet by Robert Cassilis (1978). First edition. Published by Hamish Hamilton. Fire Falcon by Duff Hart-Davis (1983). First edition. Published by Jonathan Cape. The Captain and the Enemy by Graham Greene (1988). First edition. Published by Reinhardt Books. The Last of the Pleasure Gardens by Francis King (1965). First edition. Published by Longman"s Green & Co. Ltd. ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ In the publisher's original cloth bindings.ÃÂ Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to extremities to older copies. One or two minor handling marks to boards. Date label to copyright page of "Swiss." Previous owner"s inscription to front paste odwn of "Swiss." Spotting to boards of "I, Jacqueline." Previous owner"s contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper of "Beach of Falesa." Dust wrappers, very smart. Slight age toning to perimeters and spines. Slight rubbing to wraps and edge wear, more so to older copies. The odd minor handling mark and spot to wraps. Dust wrapper of "Beach of Falesa" slightly clipped, the original price remains unclipped. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with on or two spots to fore edges and first and last few leaves to older copies. Slight age toning to older copies. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.