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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Ian Fleming – Goldfinger – First UK Edition 1959 – A FINE COPY
£2,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Goldfinger’ published by Cape in 1959. A fine book without inscriptions in a near fine unclipped wrapper with a little rubbing here and there…
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D.H. Lawrence – Lady Chatterley’s Lover – Pre-publication Proof – Withdrawn by Hazell Watson and Viney
£12,500.00A pre-publication ‘dummy’ or proof copy of Penguin’s unexpuragted version of ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’, printed before the landmark trial of Regina vs Penguin Books.
The proof, bound in buff coloured card…
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Dorothy Hartley – Food In England – First UK Edition 1954
£975.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Food in England’ published by Macdonald in 1954. A fine book with one small inscriptions to the front endpaper. A lovely, sharp copy. Content…
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Walter Lord – A Night To Remember [Titanic] – First Edition 1956
£285.00A first edition, first printing of ‘A Night To Remember’ published by Longmans in 1956. A very good book (no inscriptions) – pale spotting to the top edge. In a…
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Bill Brandt – Literary Britain – First Edition 1951
£225.00A first edition, first printing published by Cassell in 1951. A very good book in like wrapper with some chipping to the spine tips and corners.
A compelling photographic book published…
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Aldous Huxley – Heaven and Hell – First Edition 1956
£75.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Heaven and Hell’ published by Chatto and Windus in 1956. A very good without inscriptions in a very good unclipped wrapper with some colour…
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L.P. Hartley – The Go-Between – First UK Edition 1953
£275.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Go-Between’ published by Hamish Hamilton in 1953. A fine book without inscriptions – an absolutely beautiful example. In a very good complete wrapper…
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Richard Wright – The Colour Curtain – The Banding Conference – First Edition 1956
£250.00A first edition, first printing published by Dobson in 1956. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good clipped wrapper with some wear to the foot of the…
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Richard Condon – The Manchurian Candidate – First Edition 1959
£150.00First edition, first printing of The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon, published by Michael Joseph, London in 1959. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s…
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Isaac Asimov – The Foundation Trilogy – First US Edition 1951
£150.00A Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club of ‘The Foundation Trilogy’, published in 1951. A very good book without inscriptions with spotting to the top edge. In a very good wrapper…
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Agatha Christie – Destination Unknown – First UK Edition 1954
£125.00A first edition, first printing of Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie, published by Collins, London in 1954. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, mild spotting to the front…
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E.R. Braithwaite – To Sir, With Love – First Edition 1959
£75.00First edition, first printing of To Sir, With Love by ER Braithwaite, published by The Bodley Head, London in 1959. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound…
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Jack Shaeffer – Company Of Cowards – First Edition 1959
£45.00A first edition, first printing published by Andre Deutsch in 1959. A very good book with spotting to the page edges. In the very good unclipped wrapper with some spotting…
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Theodore Bonnet – The Mudlark – First Edition 1952
£45.00First edition, first printing of The Mudlark by Theodore Bonnet, published by Angus and Robertson, London, undated, but 1952. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in…
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J.M. Scott – Sea-Wyf and Biscuit – First Edition 1955
£35.00A first edition, first printing of Sea-Wyf and Buscuit by J M Scott, published by Heinemann in 1955. A very good copy inscribed and dated in blue ink to the…
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David Walker – Geordie – First Edition 1950
£35.00A first edition, first printing of Geordie by David Walker, published by Collins, London in 1950. A very good copy, free from internal inscriptions, bound in original publisher’s green cloth…
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