modern first edition books from Firsts in Print
modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

Guardian Choices

Firsts in Print offers the following books which are featuring in the 2013 Guardian literary awards. Prizes are awarded for best first book and for children's fiction.

Guardian First Book Award Winner

The Spinning Heart
by Donal Ryan

Published: Doubleday Ireland, 2013

Fine in fine wrapper. Winner of the Guardian First Book Award and longlisted for the MAN Booker Prize. Originally printed in a run of 500 in Ireland by Lilliput Press, most of the Doubleday copies on sale in the UK are second printings. This, however, is one of the very rare first impressions. A stunning debut. Signed by the author.

Price: £105.00

The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan


Guardian First Book Award Short list

Young Skins
by Colin Barrett

Published: Jonathan Cape, 2014

Fine in fine wrapper. Excellent story collection by young writer to watch. Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Story Award and shortlisted for Guardian First Book Award 2014. Signed and dated by the author.

Price: £22.00

Young Skins by Colin Barrett


Young Skins
by Colin Barrett

Published: Jonathan Cape, 2014

Fine in fine wrapper. Excellent story collection by young writer to watch. Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Story Award and shortlisted for Guardian First Book Award 2014.

Price: £20.00

Young Skins by Colin Barrett


We Need New Names
by NoViolet Bulawayo

Published: Chatto & Windus, 2013

Fine in like protected wrapper. Shortlisted for the 2013 MAN Booker Prize. Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Signed and dated by the author.

Price: £48.00

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo


Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent

Published: Picador, 2013

Fine in like wrapper. Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and longlisted for the 2014 Bailey's Prize and now shortlisted for a National Book Award.

Price: £22.00

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
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