Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. dj price-clipped and shows minor wear, foxing on the edges, pages clean.
Published by E. P. Dutton: Obelisk, New York, NY, 1985
ISBN 10: 0525481567 ISBN 13: 9780525481560
Language: English
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. First Edition Thus (1985), so stated; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Wraps: shows considerable spine lean and a crease at the upper corner of thepanel; several small, rather faint dampstains to the outside edge of several pages (these don't effect the text or cause any rippling to the cover or pages); the text pages have tanned quite a bit, due to aging. The binding is perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A lightly used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.55 x 5.35 x 0.4 inches). 192 pages. Language: English. Weight: 7.1 ounces. Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus (1985), so stated; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.
Published by Pantheon, 1983, 1983
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st U.S. edition (stated), first printing, of this early novel, preceding her Booker award-winning Hotel du Lac Fine/fine (not price-clipped; no remainder mark).
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine Condition. First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof in plain red wraps with pencil notes on cover. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 048605.
Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, England, 1983
ISBN 10: 0224020552 ISBN 13: 9780224020558
Language: English
Seller: Terry Blowfield, Norwich, NORFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by Jonathan Cape of London in 1983. Soft cover, so no Dust Jacket. 1st edition. This is an Uncorrected Proof Copy. Book condition: Good. Both red cover and inside pages are in good order. See photograph. Dims: 198mm x 128mm x 11mm. 192 pages.
Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1983
ISBN 10: 0224020552 ISBN 13: 9780224020558
Language: English
Seller: Your Book Soon, Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. 192 pp black cloth with gilt title. Signed by author and dedicated to the journalist Janet Watts, hand written note from the publisher Liz Calder to Watts laid in. Top edges a little spotted otherwise clean sound book, dust wrapper clean and complete but tanned particularly on spine, crease to front. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1982
Language: English
Seller: M&B Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Run of 15 titles, all first editions published between 1982-2002, in Near Fine to Fine condition, with full number lines, including 1, where called for. All titles are in their very clean and bright original bindings, with no previous owner's names. Five of the early titles bear short and neat gift inscriptions by the same hand (such as "A book for Paris!/Love Clive; Happy Easter 1983!; Happy holiday reading!C; Happy holiday!/1987/C; For August 19th 1988/Love C"). Hotel du Lac has "First published 1984/Reprinted 1984" to the copyright page and is the only book that is not a first printing. Dust jackets condition: All are Near Fine or Fine, with five neatly price clipped. All have very bright and clean illustrated wrappers with no notable faults: a few have light creases to some extremities and tanning to the page edges. This heavy group of 15 books will need additional postage, as the price quoted by Abe is for a single volume only. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1982
Language: English
Seller: M&B Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fifteen first editions, two signed, all in Fine or Near Fine condition: Providence, 1982; Look at Me, 1983; Hotel du Lac, 1984; Family & Friends, 1985; A Misalliance, 1986; A Friend from England, 1987; Latecomers, 1988; Lewis Percy, 1989; Brief Lives, 1990 (signed); A Closed Eye, 1991 (signed); Fraud, 1992; A Family Romance, 1993; A Private View, 1994; Incidents at the Rue Laugier, 1995; Visitors, 1997. All of the titles are in their original very clean and bright cloth bindings, very largely with firm spine tips and sharp corners to the boards; no previous owners' marks throughout; very clean and tight end papers and text blocks with no spotting; only a few page edges are sunned. Signed by the author to the title page without dedications in both cases. Dust jackets are all very clean and bright and in Fine or Near Fine plus condition throughout. None are price clipped. Heavy set of fifteen books will need additional postage. Signed by Author(s).