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Welcome to The First Edition

 

Welcome to The First Edition, your on-line international bookstore, selling throughout the world to the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia and Japan.   

 

The First Edition are members of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (P.B.F.A.) and The Ephemera Society, and are a friendly and professional UK-based book dealer that is dedicated to serving the needs of collectors and book dealers from around the world.  

 

 

We also have an exciting web site for collectors, CollectingCollectables.com which is packed full of quality Disneyana, Rock ‘n’ Pop Memorabilia, Film Memorabilia, and much more.  If you are looking for an addition to a collection, a special gift or an heirloom investment piece then CollectingCollectables.com is the site for you.

 

There has never been a better time to buy books at The First Edition, where you will find ‘Remarkable Books at Incredible Prices’.

 

Charles Dickens Collectable Books

The First Edition has a large and wide range of quality first and early edition books by Charles Dickens to include: The Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi Edited by Boz First Edition 1838; Nicholas Nickleby First Edition 1839; Hard Times First Edition 1854; and many more...

W.E. Johns “Biggles” Collectable Books

The First Edition prides itself on stocking some of the rarest and earliest books by Capt. W.E. Johns, the writer of the Biggles, Gimlet, Worrals and other books (fiction and non-fiction).  Our current stock includes: The Pictorial Flying Course with Rare Dust Jacket 1932; The Spyflyers First Edition 1933; early Biggles short stories in the Boy’s Own Paper, annuals, and many more books

Beatrix Potter Collectable Books

The First Edition brings you some of the best first and early edition Beatrix Potter books on the market today.  We currently have The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle First Edition 1905; The Pie and the Patty-Pan Early Edition from 1905/06; and many more...

Arthur Rackham Collectable Books

The First Edition has the widest range of first and early edition books illustrated by Arthur Rackham, which date from his earliest period, and include signed and unsigned editions. We currently have available: A Midsummer Night’s Dream first edition (1908); The Ingoldsby Legends (1909); Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens rare c.1912 edition; Rip van Winkle in Rare Dust Jacket (1916); Charles Dickens The Chimes signed by Arthur Rackham in Original Slip Case; and many more...

This is just a small selection of what we currently have available.  Please browse through our catalogues and email us if you need assistance.  Thank you.

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P.G. Wodehouse Collectable Books

The First Edition sells some of the rarest and most collectable P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves and Wooster and other early humorous books on the net today.  A very small selection includes: The Intrusion of Jimmy with rare jacket (1919); Carry On, Jeeves very rare first edition, first printing (1925); Very Good, Jeeves first edition, first printing (1930); Louder and Funnier first edition, first printing (1932); Right Ho, Jeeves first edition, second printing (1934); Laughing Gas rare first edition first printing (1936);  Uncle Fred in the Springtime first edition with rare jacket (1939); and so many more...

A.A. Milne Rare and Collectable Books

 

The First Edition regularly brings you the most collectable books by author A.A. Milne including his Winnie the Pooh books which include The House At Pooh Corner.  We also currently have an extraordinarily rare The Very Young Calendar for 1930 which has been illustrated throughout from the Winnie the Pooh books

Lewis Carroll Collectable Books

 

The First Edition has a large selection and sells some of the most collectable books of Lewis Carroll which currently includes: Alice’s Adventures Under Ground first edition book 1886; Sylvie and Bruno (1889) and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893) both first edition books; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland the rare Medici Society limited edition from 1914; Alice in Wonderland illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; and many more great books!!!!

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If you are looking for rare and collectable Disney books or Rupert Bear books and annuals then you must visit our sister site CollectingCollectables.com where you will find some of the largest collections of vintage Disney books and Disney toys on the internet; as well as rare Rupert books ~ which includes the first Rupert book to have been published, The Adventures of Rupert The Little Lost Bear from 1921 ~ plus so much more...

Arthur Conan Doyle Rare & Collectable Books

 

The First Edition sells some of the rarest and most collectable books by Arthur Conan Doyle.  Probably most famous for his detective books featuring Sherlock Holmes & Mr Watson, we sell Sherlock Holmes books in addition to Arthur Conan Doyle’s other collectable books such as: Micah Clarke (1890), The Parasite rare Acme Library edition (1894), The Stark Monro Letters (1895), and many more...

Willy Pogany Books & Art

 

The First Edition sells some of the finest books and original artwork by one of the twentieth century’s most eminent book illustrators, Willy Pogany.  The books that we currently have for sale include: Peterkin first edition book 1940 signed by Elaine & Willy Pogany; Tisza Tales U.S. first edition 1928 signed; Tannhauser first edition 1911; and original Willy Pogany signed artwork

The First Edition has for sale a large collection of early & first edition books (signed and unsigned) by Kenneth Grahame.  These books include: The Wind in the Willows Second Edition 1908 (issued the same Month and Year as the first edition); The Golden Age (1904); The Golden Age signed by BOTH Kenneth Grahame & Ernest H. Shepard (1928); Dream Days signed by Kenneth Grahame & Ernest H. Shepard (1930); and much more...

Kenneth Grahame Collectable Books