The 1970s witnessed a dynamic evolution in literature, reflecting the cultural upheavals and social movements of the era. Writers explored themes of identity, disillusionment, and political activism against the backdrop of Vietnam War aftermath, civil rights struggles, and feminist awakening. Postmodern experimentation flourished, with authors like Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo challenging traditional narrative structures. Literary realism persisted, with authors such as Toni Morrison and John Updike capturing the complexities of everyday life. Science fiction and fantasy gained prominence, notably with the rise of Ursula K. Le Guin and Philip K. Dick. Overall, the 1970s marked a period of diverse literary exploration and innovation.
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Desmond Morris – Intimate Behavior – An Uncorrected Proof Copy 1971
£75.00An uncorrected proof published by Cape in 1971. A very good book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is generally worn at the edges and folds and…
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P.L. Travers – About The Sleeping Beauty – Uncorrected Advance Proof Copy 1977
£65.00An uncorrected proof published by Collins in 1977. A near fine book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is generally worn at the edges and folds and…
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Kingsley Amis – Girl, 20 – Uncorrected Proof Copy 1971
£50.00An uncorrected proof published by Cape in 1971. A very good book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is generally worn at the edges and folds and…
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Jack M. Bickham – Twister – An Uncorrected Proof Copy 1978
£45.00An uncorrected proof published by Macmillan in 1978. A very good book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is generally worn at the edges and folds and…
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Michael Underwood – Murder With Mailce – An Uncorrected Proof Copy 1977
£35.00An uncorrected proof published by Macmillan in 1977. A very good book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is generally worn at the edges and folds and…
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Sir Max Mallowan – Mallowan’s Memoirs – An Uncorrected Advanced Proof 1977
£35.00An uncorrected proof published by Collins in 1977. A very good book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is generally worn at the edges and folds and…
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Martin Cruz Smith – Nightwing – An Uncorrected Proof Copy 1977
£35.00An uncorrected proof published by Andre Deutsch in 1977. A very good book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is generally worn at the edges and folds…
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James McClure – The Sunday Hangman – An Uncorrected Proof Copy 1977
£25.00An uncorrected proof published by Macmillan in 1977. A very good book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is generally worn at the edges and folds and…
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Jill Paton Walsh – The Butty Boy – An Uncorrected Proof Copy 1975
£25.00An uncorrected proof published by Macmillan in 1975. A very good book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is generally worn at the edges and folds and…
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James Herriot – If Only They Could Talk – Uncorrected Proof Copy 1970
£485.00A first edition, first printing of the uncorrected proof copy of If Only They Could Talk by James Herriot, published by Michael Joseph, London in 1970. A very good book…
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Richard Brautigan – The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster – First Edition 1970
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster’, published by Cape, London in 1970. A very good copy, without inscriptions with some wear to the…
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Romain Gary – White Dog – First Edition 1971
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘White Dog’, published by Cape, London in 1971. A very good copy, with one small name, bound in original publisher’s grey cloth, pushing to…
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Philip Jones Griffiths – Vietnam INC – First US Edition 1971
£150.00A first edition, first printing of the first Collier edition of ‘Vietnam INC’, published in 1971. A very good book with lightnicks to the corners and spine tips. Wear to…
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Ed Sanders – The Family – First Edition 1972
£150.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Family’, published by Hart-Davis in 1972. A very good book – off-setting and spotting to the endflaps of the dust wrapper which is…
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John Rechy – The Sexual Outlaw – First Edition 1978
£135.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Sexual Outlaw’, published by W H Allen, London in 1978. A very good copy, with one small name with some wear to the…
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Graciliano Ramos – São Bernardo – Uncorrected Proof in dust wrapper
£95.00An uncorrected proof copy of São Bernardo by Ramos Graciliano, published by Peter Owen, London in 1975. A near fine copy inscribed and dated in red ink to the half…
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