The 1950s marked a dynamic period for literature, witnessing a diverse array of literary movements and voices. Post-war disillusionment gave rise to existentialist themes in works like Camus’s “The Stranger” and Sartre’s “Nausea.” Beat Generation writers like Kerouac and Ginsberg rebelled against societal norms with their spontaneous prose and poetry, epitomised in “On the Road” and “Howl.” Meanwhile, the emergence of influential authors like Salinger (“The Catcher in the Rye”) and Nabokov (“Lolita”) challenged conventional storytelling. Amidst Cold War anxieties, sci-fi flourished, with Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” warning against censorship. Overall, the decade was a vibrant tapestry of innovation, dissent, and literary exploration.
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Grace Metalious – Peyton Place – First Edition 1957
£150.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Peyton Place published by Muller in 1957. A very good book without inscriptions with some spotting to the prelims and page edges. In a…
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Field Marshal Montgomery – The Memoirs of Field-Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G. – First Edition 1958
£95.00A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1958. 574pp. No inscriptions. Foxing to the endpapers else a near fine bright copy in very good indeed bright dustwrapper with…
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Jack Finney – The Body Snatchers – True First Edition 1955
£135.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Body Snatchers’ published by Dell in 1955. A good (or better) book without inscriptions – tears to the spine and some loss to…
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Anne Frank – The Diary of Anne Frank – First Edition 1952 – Beautifully rebound in full green leather with Vignette
£750.00A first edition, first printing ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ published by Constellation Books in 1952. A very good book without inscriptions – small black mark to the bottom edge…
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J D Salinger – The Catcher in the Rye – First UK Edition – 1951 – Rebound In Full Leather
£950.00A first edition, first printing, of The Catcher in the Rye, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1951. A very good book without inscriptions – sumptuously bound in full blue leather…
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J.R.R. Tolkien – The Fellowship of the Ring – First Edition 1954 – In the original unrestored dust wrapper
£37,500.00The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), [vi], 423, [1] pp., “First published in 1954” to verso. Retaining the map with a little spotting to the red top stain. Binding firm…
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J.R.R. Tolkien – The Return Of The King – First Edition 1955 – In the original unrestored dust wrapper
£7,500.00The Return of the King (1955), [vi], 423, [1] pp., “First published in 1955” to verso. Retaining the map with complete rich red top stain. Binding firm and square, cloth…
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Field Marshal Montgomery – The Memoirs of Field-Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G. – First Edition 1958 – SIGNED by the Author and Spike Milligan
£2,850.00Montgomery, Bernard Law, The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery, Collins (1958). First Edition and dual signed by Montgomery of Alamein and Spike Milligan, the latter with a lengthy inscription and occasional…
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Vargo Statten – The Creature From The Black Lagoon – First Edition 1954
£3,000.00A first edition, first printing ‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’ published by Dragon Publications Limited, [Luton, Beds.], 1954. In publisher’s blue boards with pictorial dust jacket. A very good…
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Aldous Huxley – The Genius and the Goddess – First UK Edition 1955
£65.00A first edition, first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1955. A very good copy without inscriptions – some spotting in the very good unclipped wrapper with some rubbing…
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Aldous Huxley – Themes and Variations – First UK Edition 1950
£45.00A first edition, first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1931. A very good copy without one neat name and date in like wrapper which is faded to the…
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Agatha Christie – A Pocket Full Of Rye – First UK Edition 1953
£65.00A first edition, first printing of ‘A Pocket Full of Rye’ published by Collins in 1956. A very good without inscriptions. Fading to the spine. A very presentable copy.
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Paul Gallico – Snowflake – First Edition 1952
£50.00First edition, first printing. Published by Michael Joseph in London, 1952. This is near fine copy. The dust wrapper, designed by D. Knight, has some wear to note. Not price…
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Simone De Beauvoir – The Second Sex – First Edition 1953
£750.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Second Sex’ published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1953. A near fine book without inscriptions – corners a touch rubbed. In a very…
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Agatha Christie – They Came To Baghdad – First UK Edition 1951
£285.00A first edition, first printing of ‘They Came To Baghdad’ published by Collins in 1951. A very good with a neat previous owner’s name stamp to the front endpaper. In…
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Agatha Christie – A Pocket Full Of Rye – First UK Edition 1953
£75.00A first edition, first printing of ‘A Pocket Full of Rye’ published by Collins in 1956. A very good with a name and date to the front endpaper. Fading to…
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