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Price: US$19.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good in mauve and black card wrappers with flat spine. Covers nice and clean, with just some light marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling. Rear cover has slight crease to top edge and light crease to bottom corner, affecting the last few pages. Contents very good and clean, although the paper stock is of poorer quality than earlier issues of Encounter, and is slightly tanned. 255mm x 185mm. 96 pages plus two pages of adverts on the inside covers. ***This issue includes first publication of a four page short story by Ian McEwan entitled 'Without Blood'. ***'Ian McEwan's first book of stories, "First Love, Last Rites", has recently been published by Jonathan Cape' [Quote taken from Author Notes section at the back of the magazine] ***'The collection ["First Love, Last Rites"] is McEwan's first published work and was regarded by the author [along with his second collection of short stories, "In Between the Sheets"] as an opportunity to experiment and find his voice as a writer. In an interview with Christopher Ricks in 1979, McEwan commented, "They were a kind of laboratory for me. They allowed me to try out different things, to discover myself as a writer." As a piece of work that portrays McEwan, the writer, at his youngest, it is perhaps fitting that the dominant theme is that of adolescence, of the blurry and perilous divide between childhood and adulthood; in addition themes of sex, perversion, and the grotesque in its many forms feature throughout. [Quote from Wiki about McEwan's first book of short stories] ***A very good copy of this famous literary magazine, which includes an early publication by Ian McEwan. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rites. Jonathan Cape, 1975.
Price: US$40.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fairly Good/Quite Good 1979 reprint Cape hardback, price-clipped DJ with Bill Botten design, price sticker above corner of inner flap of DJ. Withdrawn Ex-library copy with some staining around inside lower edge and base of jacket and some pages, creasing to jacket, library price to fly-leaf and log-sheet residue, title page a little loose else quite well-preserved and tidy. Immediate dispatch Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0224010956. ISBN/EAN: 9780224010955. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 071127.
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rites. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1975.
Price: US$123.42 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. First love, last rites. Cape, 1975.
Price: US$147.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with DJ. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (name only.no inscription). 2ND IMPRESSION 1ST ED. 1979 (ISBN 0224010956) JONATHAN CAPE. FROM COLLECTOR'S PERSONAL LIBRARY. PRESENTED WITH CLEAR BOOK JACKET COVER. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket (price clipped) shows very light edge wear. Previous owner's inscription on end paper. THIS IS THE SECOND JONATHAN CAPE EDITION OF 1979.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Ian McEwan. First Love Last Rites (1st edition). Jonathan Cape, 1975.
Price: US$280.29 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice square binding. Pages are clean. Dust jacket is not clipped (£2.50 net). A hard to find book. First impression. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.
Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Ian McEwan. First Love, Last Rites. Jonathan Cape, 1975.
Price: US$286.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition 1st impression in VG condition. Flat signed to title page. This is an ex-library copy. There's a stamp mark and liquid corrector to copyright page, marks from a library card that has been ripped from the front end paper, binding firm. Dust jacket has been price clipped, it has edge wear, now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pics. Paypal accepted, any questions get in touch.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian.. First Love, Last Rites.. London: Jonathan Cape, [1975]., 1975.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Hardbound in dust jacket. First British (and correct first) edition of the author's first book. Few pin-head-size specks of foxing to top edge of text block, else fine and bright.
Seller: Skyline Books, Forest Knolls, CA, U.S.A.
McEWAN, Ian. First Love, Last Rites. London: Jonathan Cape, 1975.
Price: US$350.36 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 165. Bound in black cloth covered hard boards, gilt to spine, and in the original dust jacket which is un-clipped (£2.50 net). McEwan's first book, with jacket artwork by Bill Botten. Book and jacket are both in Fine condition, a lovely copy.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Ian McEwan. First Love, Last Rites. Jonathan Cape, lon, 1975.
Price: US$350.36 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HARDBACK - A fine book, bound in the publisher's black cloth boards that are very clean indeed with no rubbing to the spine tips, and with no bumping to any of the corners. The inner pages are very clean with just a hint of foxing to the text block. No foxing to the inner pages, that are very clean indeed. Free of any previous owner names or Inscriptions. Included with this book is a loosely inserted signature from the author. The dust wrapper is also in fine condition with just a tiny area of surface loss to the bottom corner of the rear flap fold. The publisher's printed price of £ 2.50.net is present to the front flap. A lovely example.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rights. Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1975.
Price: US$375.84 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy in a Fine Dust Wrapper. The Authors first work. Print Run 3000 copies - many headed for the libraries. (Colophon {ress Bibliography Series No. 3)
Seller: Fountain Books (Steve Moody), Eastleigh, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rites : Stories. Jonathan Cape, 1975.
Price: US$382.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Jonathan Cape, 1975. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Book in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustjacket, with minor wear and rubbing. Internally clean, previous owner's name and date acquired to top of ffe, binding is firm. Spotted foxing to edges of textblock. 165 pages. An excellent copy of the author's first book.
Seller: Scarthin Books ABA, ILAB., Cromford, United Kingdom
Ian McEwan. First Love, Last Rites (First Printing). Jonathan Cape, 1975.
Price: US$414.06 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. A lovely, Fine copy: firm and square binding in sharp black cloth; a few tiny brown speckles to the top-edge of the closed page block, else delightfully bright, crisp and clean, free of marks, foxing and inscriptions. The unclipped dustwrapper (£2.50 net stated) is Near Fine: bright and vibrant; some wrinkling and very light rubbing to the head of the spine and top corners; a tiny surface scuff to the heel of the spine; vertical crease to the rear flap; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rites. Jonathan Cape, UK, 1975.
Price: US$445.91 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A UK first edition, first impression. The Wrapper : The wrapper on this copy is bright, unfaded, complete and unclipped. It shows a trace of bruising at the head of the spine. Looks very sharp. The Book : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. It shows a trace of bruising at the head of the spine. The pages are clean and unmarked. The closed page edges are unmarked. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. A very nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rites. Jonathan Cape, London, 1975.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 165 pages. First edition, first printing, Dust jacket design by Bill Botten. His first book. Eight short stories, some were later made into movies. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rites - SIGNED. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1975.
Price: US$477.77 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st edition 1st printing hardback in price clipped dustjacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page with no other inscriptions. Book and dustjacket both in fine condition. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Am happy to supply scans.
Seller: Mungobooks, Poole, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rights. Jonathan Cape, London, 1975.
Price: US$486.60 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. 165 pp. Black boards with gilt lettered spine. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rites. Jonathan Cape, London, 1975.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Booker Prize winning author's first book. A lovely copy in DJ. Signed.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
McEWAN, Ian. First Love, Last Rites. Jonathan Cape, London, 1975.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Author's first book.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rites. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1975.
Price: US$509.62 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing of author's first book. Signed by the author. Fine, with a tiny mark on the foredge, in fine dustjacket with a small piece of lifted laminate to the rear panel.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian. First Love, Last Rites - SIGNED by the Author. London: Jonathan Cape, 1975.
Price: US$700.72 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 165. Bound in black cloth covered hard boards and in the original unclipped dust jacket (£2.50 net). SIGNED to the title page by the Author. Fine book in Fine jacket. A lovely copy.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Ian McEwan. First Love, Last Rites. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1975.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first U.K. edition; published in 1975 stated on copyright page. Author's signature on detached bookplate. In near fine dust jacket with original price, £2.50, on front flap. Very light rubbing and soil on inside DJ spine. Housed in custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rites. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1975.
Price: US$764.43 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing of author's first book. Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian. First Love, Last Rites SIGNED. Jonathan Cape, 1975.
Price: US$764.43 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. 8vo. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Fine in fine black and white decorative unclipped dustwrapper.ÂÂÂ Signed by the author to title page of this, his first book.Published: Jonathan Cape, 1975
Seller: Roy Turner Books, Stockport, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian.. First Love, Last Rites.. Jonathan Cape, London., 1975.
Price: US$828.13 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 165 pages. Eight stories. His first book.Fine in fine dustwrapper very slightly creased at lower edge.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1242.19 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, first printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.165; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. Dust-jacket designed by Bill Botten, with printed price of £2.50 net. Inscribed by the author to the flyleaf: "To Kate. Good luck | in Oxford. Ian McEwan". Lightly handled, a touch of spotting to the top edge. Dust-wrapper shows very well with just some slight toning to the reverse. Fine. An excellent copy of the author's first published work, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976. The recipient is Kate Chapman, Ian McEwan's editor at Jonathan Cape. Incidentally she lent her name to Karl Stromberg's secretary in Christopher Wood's novelisation of James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.
Seller: Benedict Wilson Books, Tonbridge, KENT, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. First Love, Last Rites - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Jonathan Cape, London, 1975.
Price: US$1310.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike, price-clipped dustwrapper. Scarce in collectible condition; Ian McEwan's first book, a collection of short stories, was regarded by him as an opportunity to experiment and find his voice as a writer. Multiple film adaptations for the various stories followed, e.g., for First Love, Last Rites, Butterflies, and Solid Geometry; 8vo
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.