Notes from a Small Island (1st edition hardback good dust jacket) flat signed by the author

Bryson, Bill

ISBN 10: 0385405340 / ISBN 13: 9780385405348

Published by Doubleday, 1995

About this Item

Published by Doubleday in 1995, here is the first hardback printing of Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island flat signed by Bill in black ink to the full title page. Blue cloth binding, silver spine lettering, 282 pages, the book is in good condition with some browning throughout, some spine creasing and a slight spine slant, The dust jacket is good to very good with some light creasing to the edges. Seller Inventory # 12772

Bibliographic Details

Title: Notes from a Small Island (1st edition ...

Publisher: Doubleday

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

By the author of "The Lost Continent" and "Neither Here Nor There". Bryson moved to England in 1978 and settled in North Yorkshire. In this book, he turns an affectionate but ironic eye on his adopted country.

Review:

Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa. Righting that error, he spent 20 years in England before deciding to repatriate: "I had recently read that 3.7 million Americans according to a Gallup poll, believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me." That comic tone enlivens this account of Bryson's farewell walking tour of the countryside of "the green and kindly island that had for two decades been my home."