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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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THor Heyerdahl – Aku-Aku – First Edition – SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED by Heyerdahl as well as by the publisher Philip Unwin
£875.00A first edition, first printing published by George Allen and Unwin in 1958. Signed by the Author on the free front endpaper, ‘To Frances Widdows/from/Thor Heyerdahl/London, 2.4.1958’. Beneath, the publisher…
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Daphne Du Maurier – The Scapegoat – First UK Edition 1957 – with MGM Press Book
£185.00A first UK edition, first printing of The Scapegoat by Daphne Du Maurier, published by Victor Gollancz, London in 1957. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, light pushing…
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Agatha Christie – Cat Among The Pigeons – First UK Edition 1959
£300.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Cat Among The Pigeons’ published by Collins in 1959. A fine book without inscriptions, in a near fine unpriced, unclipped wrapper with some light…
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Truman Capote – Breakfast at Tiffany’s – First UK Edition 1958
£600.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ published by Hamish Hamilton in 1958. A very good book with one neat name to the front endpaper and some toning…
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Rev. W. Awdry – Toby The Tram Engine – First Edition 1952
£95.00A first edition, first printing of Toby The Tram Engine by The Rev. W. Awdry, published by Edmund Ward, London in 1952, illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby. A near fine…
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Rev. W. Awdry – Percy The Small Engine – The Railway Series, No. 11 – First Edition 1956
£95.00A first edition, first printing of Percy the Small Engine by The Rev. W. Awdry, published by Edmund Ward, London in 1956, illustrations by C. Reginald Dalby. A very good…
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Rev. W. Awdry – Edward the Blue Engine – First Edition 1954
£85.00A first edition, first printing of Edward the Blue Engine by The Rev. W. Awdry, published by Edmund Ward, London in 1954. A very good copy with bumping to the…
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Rev. W. Awdry – The Little Old Engine – Railway Series, No. 14 – First Edition 1959
£65.00A first edition, first printing of The Little Old Engine by The Rev. W. Awdry, published by Edmund Ward, London in 1959, illustrated by John T. Kenney. A very good…
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Rev. W. Awdry – The Eight Famous Engines – Railway Series, No. 12 – First Edition 1957
£65.00A first edition, first printing of The Eight Famous Engines by The Rev. W. Awdry, published by Edmund Ward, London in 1957. A very good copy with fading to extremities…
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Rev. W. Awdry – Duck and the Diesel Engine Railway Series, No. 13 – First Edition 1958
£50.00A first edition, first printing of Duck and the Diesel Engine by The Rev. W. Awdry, published by Edmund Ward, London in 1958, illustrated by John T. Kenney. A very…
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Rev. W. Awdry – Four Little Engines – First Edition 1955
£50.00A first edition, first printing of Four Little Engines by The Rev W. Awdry, published by Edmund Ward, London in 1955, illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby. A near fine copy…
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Rev. W. Awdry – The Little Old Engine – Railway Series, No. 14 – First Edition 1959
£50.00A first edition, first printing of The Little Old Engine by The Rev. W. Awdry, published by Edmund Ward, London in 1959, with illustrations by John T. Kenney. A good…
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Ian Fleming – Live and Let Die – SIGNED by 4 of the Cast and Crew
£2,750.00A first edition, third printing published by Cape in 1956. A very good book in like unclipped wrapper with a little chipping to the head of the spine. and some…
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Ian Fleming – Diamonds Are Forever – SIGNED by the Director, Guy Hamilton
£1,250.00First edition, second printing of Diamonds are Forever by Ian Fleming, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1958. A near fine book in publisher’s original black cloth, with spine lettered…
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Richard Matheson – I Am Legend – First Paperback Edition 1954
£385.00First paperback edition, first impression, published by Gold Medal Books in August 1954 and featuring cover art by Stan Melzoff. This is a very good copy. The true first edition…
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Winston S. Churchill – A History of the English-Speaking Peoples – Volumes 1-4 – First UK Editions 1956-58
£485.00First editions, first printings of ‘A History of the English-Speaking Peoples’. Published by Cassell in London, 1956-1958. [English History]. With occasional in-text maps and plans present – some bookplates. In…
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