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

Historical/Military fiction first editions

        All of the books on these pages are first editions and first printings

We hold a wide selection of historical or military fiction by a large number of writers. It's always worth asking in case we have what you are looking for in stock.


The Last Pilot
by Benjamin Johncock

Published: Myriad Editions, 2015

Fine paperback original. Superb novel on the Space Race, with echoes of Cormac McCarthy. Winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel 2016.

Price: £20.00

The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock


Eagles at War
by Ben Kane

Published: Preface Publishing, 2015

FIne in fine wrapper. Latest from excellent historical novelist. Signed, lined, dated and numbered copy.

Price: £20.00

Eagles at War by Ben Kane


A Legacy of Spies
by John le Carre

Published: Penguin Viking, 2017

Fine in fine wrapper. The publishing event of the year and quite possibly the decade, with the return to the Cold War days of George Smiley. 'Exclusive Signed Edition', dated September 2017 and signed by the author.

Price: £67.50

A Legacy of Spies by John le Carre


A Legacy of Spies
by John le Carre

Published: Penguin Viking, 2017

Fine limited edition in slipcase. The publishing event of the year and quite possibly the decade, with the return to the Cold War days of George Smiley. Signed and dated by the author and limited to 250 copies. The odd nick to publisher’s shrink wrap.

Price: £495.00

A Legacy of Spies by John le Carre


The Railway Man
by Eric Lomax

Published: Jonathan Cape, 1995

Near fine minus, a hint of a lean and some tanning to block, in like wrapper with a little rubbing to a couple of edges and some minor creases. Bestselling book and basis for recent film.

Price: £55.00

The Railway Man by Eric Lomax


Stalin's Englishman
by Andrew Lownie

Published: Hodder & Stoughton, 2015

Fine in fine wrapper. Excellent account of life of Guy Burgess. Signed by the author.

Price: £25.00

Stalin's Englishman by Andrew Lownie


Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel

Published: Fourth Estate, 2009

Very good, with a slight lean, a couple of marks and digs to page block, creasing to spine and pushing to spine ends, in near fine wrapper with a little creasing. A very respectable copy of this modern classic, signed to 'Antonia' by Mantel.

Price: £425.00

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel


Fire and Blood
by George R R Martin

Published: Harper Voyager, 2018

Fine, with bumped corner, in fine wrapper with associated creasing. Prequel to Game of Thrones. Latest hit from the bestseller. This one of few signed copies.

Price: £55.00

Fire and Blood by George R R Martin


Mrs Engels
by Gavin McCrae

Published: Scribe, 2015

Fine in illustrated boards, as issued. Tour de force debut longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and Walter Scott Prize.

Price: £20.00

Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrae


A Necessary Evil
by Abir Mukherjee

Published: Harvill Secker, 2017

Fine in fine wrapper. Second in the popular series. Signed by the author.

Price: £30.00

A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee


The Warlow Experiment
by Alix Nathan

Published: Serpent's Tail, 2019

Fine in fine wrapper. Excellent new historical novel with praise from Hilary Mantel. Signed copy.

Price: £18.00

The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan


The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
by Patrick O'Brian

Published: HarperCollins, 2004

Chapters from author's final work. Includes Facsimile of the Manuscript.

Price: £20.00

The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey by Patrick O'Brian


Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell

Published: Tinder Press, 2020

Fine in fine wrapper. This is the 'Waterstones Exclusive' edition and stickered thus. If you like Hilary Mantel you will love this, and likely to end up on the same shortlists too. Signed to a tip-in page.

Price: £75.00

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell


Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell

Published: Tinder, 2020

Fine, in fine wrapper. This is the limited 'Independent Bookshop Edition' and stickered thus. If you like Hilary Mantel you will love this, and likely to end up on the same shortlists too. Signed to a tip-in page and numbered out of 1500.

Price: £95.00

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell


Anatomy of a Soldier
by Harry Parker

Published: Faber, 2016

Fine limited, signed edition (to 500 copies), in slipcase. Superb novel from author and artist and (ex-)soldier. Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award.

Price: £75.00

Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker

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