The Angry Young Men were a group of British writers who emerged in the 1950s, challenging traditional class structures and literary conventions. Their work reflected post-war social tensions, economic hardship, and frustration with the British establishment.
The movement gained momentum with John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger in 1956. It shocked audiences with its raw emotion and outspoken criticism of class privilege. As a result, it redefined modern British theatre and helped launch a new generation of socially conscious writers.
Today, their influence remains visible in modern British fiction, theatre, and film, where social commentary and authentic voices continue to shape storytelling.
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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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Paul Bruss [Alan Sillitoe] – Conrad’s Earl Sea Fiction – First Edition 1979 – with SIGNED letter from Alan Sillitoe
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Conrad’s Early Sea Fiction’ published by Bucknell University Press in 1979. A very good (or better) book with a small name and address to…
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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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Kingsley Amis – The Old Devils – Uncorrected Proof Copy 1986
£35.00An uncorrected proof published by Hutchinson in 1986. 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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Kingsley Amis – The Folks That Live On The Hill – Uncorrected Proof Copy 1990 – Limited Edition
£30.00An uncorrected proof published by Hutchinson in 1990. Limited edition proof copy, number 175 of 500. A very good book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is…
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Kingsley Amis – Difficulties With Girls – Uncorrected Proof Copy 1988 – Limited Edition
£30.00An uncorrected proof published by Hutchinson in 1988. Limited edition proof copy, number 355 of 500. A very good book. As is the nature of proof copies, the book is…
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Kingsley Amis – Memoirs – SIGNED First Edition 1991
£75.00A first edition, first printing of Memoirs by Kingsley Amis, published by Hutchinson in 1991. A near fine book, signed by the author in black ink to the title page,…
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Robert Markham [Kingsley Amis] – Colonel Sun – First Pan Paperback 1970
£45.00First edition, first printing of Colonel Sun by Robert Markham, nom de plume of Kingsley Amis, published by PAN in London, 1970. This is a near fine copy free from…
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Alan Sillitoe – The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner – First UK Edition 1959
£265.00First edition, first printing. Published by W. H. Allen in London, 1959. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, famously illustrated by Mona Moore, has some slight wear…
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Stan Barstow – A Kind of Loving – First UK Edition 1960
£125.00First edition, first printing of A Kind of Loving by Stan Barstow, published by Michael Joseph, London in 1960. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, with toning and…
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Robert Markham [Kingsley Amis] – Colonel Sun – First US Edition 1968
£135.00First edition, first printing. Published by Harper & Row in New York, 1968. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, illustrated by Tom Adams, is with very little…
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Alan Sillitoe – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – First Edition SIGNED by the author with handwritten letters and housed in a stunning handmade clamshell box
£2,650.00First edition, first printing. Published by W.H. Allen in London, 1958. This is a very near fine copy. The famous dustwrapper, illustrated by Mona Moore and depicting Arthur Seaton and…
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Kingsley Amis – Stanley and the Women – First Edition 1984
£65.00First edition, first printing. Published by Hutchinson in London, 1984. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, bright and mostly clean throughout, has not been price clipped and…
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Robert Markham [Kingsley Amis] – Colonel Sun – First Pan Paperback
£50.00First edition, first printing. Published by PAN in London, 1970. This is a near fine copy. The soft cover has some slight creasing to the front and rear panels, particularly…
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Kingsley Amis – The Green Man – First Edition 1969
£125.00First edition, first printing. Published by Jonathan Cape in London, 1969. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, designed by Colin Andrews, has some slight wear throughout, with…
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Kingsley Amis – The Alteration – First Edition 1976
£85.00First edition, first printing. Published by Jonathan Cape in London, 1976. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, finely illustrated by Tom Adams, has not been price clipped…
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