Fools Fortune by Trevor William, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition / 1st printing. Signed by author to title page without dedication. Slightly pushed to head of spine and bumped to top front corner. Price clipped dustjacket. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A signed first edition, first impression of William Trevor's love story, 'Fools of Fortune', which was made into a 1990 film of the same name. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author, to 'Chris', to the title page. William Trevor (1928-2016), was an award-winning Irish novelist, playwright, and one of the greatest contemporary short story writers in the English language.This romantic novel follows the Protestant Quinton family and the Woodcombes as they are caught up in the rising conflict between the British Army and the IRA during the Irish War of Independence. Two labels on page 239, listing other works by the same author. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper remains bright and lovely. Fine. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s) A Fine book in a near fine DW. One slight chip to DW fold. Signed by the author without inscription to the titlepage. ISigned by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Slight bruising to head and tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. This is copy No. 23 of 50 bound specially by Kenny Galway Fine Binding Ltd. and signed by William Trevor. When an informer's body is found on the estate of a wealthy Irish family shortly after the First World War, an appalling cycle of revenge is set in motion. Winner of the 1983 Whitbread Award, this novel served as the basis for a 1990 Pat O'Connor film starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Iain Glen, and Julie Christie. Octavo. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a brown morocco spine, with a burgundy leather spine label, and decorative gilt stamping. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase.