THE HIGH PLACE (First edition - first impression - illustrated)

Lisa St Aubin de Terán

ISBN 10: 0224028138 / ISBN 13: 9780224028134

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1985

First impression of the true first edition. With dustwrapper illustration and monochrome illustrations throughout the text by Charles Shearer. ***Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean and bright, but please note there is a slight indentation to the centre of pages pp 81-91 - possibly a production fault (please see scans). ***In a near fine colour printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the publisher's original printed price of £6.95 net. The dustwrapper is complete with no chips, creases or tears. The mainly white dustwrapper is slightly marked. Edges just slightly rubbed. Spine of dustwrapper bright with no fading to the light-sensitive red titles. Dustwrapper bright. ***112 pages including two pages of notes at the back of the book. 222mm x 142mm. ***'Lisa St Aubin de Terán (born 2 Oct 1953) is an English novelist, writer of autobiographical fictions, and memoirist. Her father was the Guyanese writer Jan Carew. Lisa St Aubin de Terán was born in 1953 (to Joan Mary Murray and Jan Carew) and brought up in Clapham in South London. She attended James Allen's Girls' School. Her memoir, "Hacienda" (1998), describes how she fell into a whirlwind first marriage to an exiled Venezuelan landowner, Jaime Terán, and lived for seven years at a remote farm in the Andean region of Venezuela. Her second husband was the Scottish poet and novelist George MacBeth. In 1982 she published her first novel, "Keepers of the House", winning the Somerset Maugham Award and a place on Granta's "Best of Young British Novelists" list (1983, issue #7). "The Slow Train to Milan", winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, followed in 1983. In the same year she moved to Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen in Norfolk. After her second marriage ended she returned to live in Italy. (Wiki) ***'The novels of Lisa St Aubin de Terán have established her as a writer of astonishing narrative skill and imaginative power. In 1983 she received an Eric Gregory Award for Poetry, although this is her first published collection. In "The High Place", she reveals a voice of rich and vibrant resonance. The poems are tributes to the workers on the Hacienda El Hatico - the High Place - near the village of Mendoza Fria in Venezuela. Like the turning of the mill-wheel, the years of toil for generations of peasants and the undulations of the land, the rhythm of this poetry is inexorable' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper). ***First impression of the true first edition. One of Lisa St Aubin de Terán's harder to find first editions, and her only book of poetry. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 2268

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE HIGH PLACE (First edition - first ...
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Charles Shearer (Jacket design)
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition