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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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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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Agatha Christie – Ten Little Niggers – First PAPERBACK Edition 1958
£225.00First paperback edition, first printing. Published by Penguin in London, 1958. This is a very good copy. The soft covers are toned and lightly marked throughout. The corners are bumped….
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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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Barbara Pym – Some Tame Gazelle – First UK Edition 1950
£4,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Some Tame Gazelle’ published by Cape in 1950. A near fine book without inscriptions. A touch spotted to the page edges and to the…
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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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Ian Fleming – Goldfinger – First UK Edition 1959
£975.00First edition, first printing of ‘Goldfinger’. Published by Jonathan Cape in London, 1959. This is a very good (or better) copy. The Richard Chopping dust wrapper has chipping and toning…
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Nevil Shute – Requiem For A Wren – SIGNED First Edition 1955
£975.00First edition, first printing. Published by Heinemann in London, 1955. This is a good to very good copy. The dust wrapper is nicely illustrated by Biro. It has some slight…
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Ian Fleming – Dr NO – First UK Edition 1958 – with SIGNATURE of Sean Connery
£2,000.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Dr No’ published by Cape in 1958. A very good book without inscriptions. Some wear to the edges. This is the first issue without…
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Keith Waterhouse – Billy Liar – First Edition 1958
£450.00A first edition, first printing of Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse, published by Michael Joseph, London in 1958. A near fine copy inscribed in blue ink to the front free…
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Vladimir Nabokov – Lolita – First UK Edition 1959
£375.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Lolita’ published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1959. A very good book (light spotting to the top page edge) with topstain light, but present…
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Iris Murdoch – The Bell – SIGNED First UK Edition 1958
£285.00A first edition, first printing of The Bell by Iris Murdoch, published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1958. A near fine copy signed by the author in blue ink…
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L.P. Hartley – The Go-Between – First UK Edition 1953
£225.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Go-Between’ by L. P. Hartley, published by Hamish Hamilton, London in 1953. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in…
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Colin MacInnes – City of Spades – First Edition 1957
£185.00A first edition, first printing of City of Spades by Colin Macinnes, published by Macgibbon and Kee, London in 1957. A near fine copy free from inscriptions, tarnished gilt titling…
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