Seller: Loupe Books, Whitstable, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Signed perfect copy. Signed by Author(s).
Condition: Near Fine. London: Sceptre, 2011. First Edition. Octavo (22.2 cm), [v], 346pp. No dust jacket, as issued. Bound in illustrated textured paper with green, black, and gilt stamping and printing on all sides, designed by Royston Knipe. Dark green endsheets. Boards have minor bumps to top margin and spine ends. Corners sharp. Signed without inscription by Andrew Miller on title page. Pages clean. A Near Fine copy. Set in pre-revolutionary France, the story follows engineer Jean-Baptiste Baratte and his efforts to clear an overfilled graveyard. He is at turns loved and despised for his work to clean up the city. This book earned already well-lauded author Andrew Miller the Costa Book Award for best novel in 2011.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (True First)/First Printing with a "1" to the copyright page; A Near Fine book w/o jacket as issued, with only light rubbing and bumping to the board edges, else fine. An outstanding copy of this novel by the Booker Prize winning author; uncommon signed and in the first printing. Not remaindered, not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).