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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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Nevil Shute – On The Beach – First UK Edition 1957
£95.00A first edition, first printing of ‘On The Beach’ published by Heinemann in 1957. A very good book with spotting to the page edges, in a very good unclipped wrapper…
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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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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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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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Alan Sillitoe – The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Runner – First Edition 1959 – with SIGNED letter
£450.00A signed first edition, first printing published by W H Allen in 1959. A very good book without inscriptions with some browning to the spine. Some light wear to the…
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Winston S. Churchill – A History of the English-Speaking Peoples – Volumes 1-4 – First UK Editions 1956-58
£385.00First 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. In publisher’s red cloth…
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B.V. Bowden [Alan Turing] – Faster Than Thought: A Symposium on Digital Computing Machines – First Edition 1953
£600.00A first edition, first printing published by Pitman in 1953. A very good copy in original cloth – without inscriptions. The book is famous due to the inclusion of Alan…
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V S Naipaul – Miguel Street – First UK Edition 1959
£450.00First edition, first printing of ‘Miguel Street’ by VS Naipaul, published by Andre Deutsch in 1959. A very good copy free from inscriptions, boards bound in publishers original black cloth…
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V.S. Naipaul – The Suffrage Of Elvira – First Edition 1958 – Deutsch’s File Copy with wrap-around band
£650.00The author’s rare second novel. A first edition, first printing of ‘The Suffrage of Elvira’, published by Andre Deutsch in 1958. A near fine book with Deutsch’s File Copy stamp…
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Paul Brickhill – Reach For The Sky – First UK Edition 1954
£95.00First edition, first printing of ‘Reach for the Sky’ by Paul Brickhill, published by Collins in London, 1954. This is a very good copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound…
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Nevil Shute – In The Wet – First UK Edition – Double Signed by the Author
£850.00A first edition, first printing of ‘In The Wet’ published by Heinemann in 1953. A good/very good book inscribed on the front endpaper ‘For Alec and Spiffy/from Nevil/May 1953’ and…
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Nevil Shute – The Far Country – First Edition 1952 – SIGNED
£750.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Far Country’ published by Heinemann in 1952. A near fine book SIGNED using his full name ‘Nevil Shute Norway’ by the Author to…
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