ADAM BRUNSKILL [First edition - signed by the author]
Thomas Armstrong
Sold by Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 11 January 2000
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Near fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 11 January 2000
Condition: Used - Near fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst impression of the true first edition. SIGNED by the author in black fountain-pen to title-page. Dustwrapper colour-illustration by Peter Collins. ***Near fine in red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Boards clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions other than that of the author. Black and white 'Winterings' map-illustrated front and rear endpapers. Pages clean. No foxing. No creasing or tears. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour illustrated price-clipped dustwrapper. Edges and corners of dustwrapper slightly rubbed. Small loss, creasing and rubbing to the head and tail of spine of the dustwrapper. Short closed tear to the tail of the spine of the dustwrapper. Small chip to the top corner of the front foldover flap. Back panel of dustwrapper slightly discoloured and rubbed (being a white background). Spine and front panel of dustwrapper bright. ***574 pages. 212 mm x 152 mm. ***'In Adam Brunskill, Thomas Armstorng returns to nineteenth-century Yorkshire, the period and scene of the Crowthers of Bankdam. Adam, a young giant brought up in a colony of north-countrymen among the lead mines of Spain, comes home on his father's death to the little town of Winterings, among the dales of the North Riding. ***The fells about the town are a warren of small lead mines, and Winterings is still a mining community, although the prosperity of the mid-century has passed. Two concerns work the area, and it is round the rivalry of the East side and West side companies that the story is built. ---***Thomas Armstrong's already wide reputation - he has not yet written a novel that is not a best-seller - is founded on his unique ability to pin his character-drawing and observation down to the concrete historical details of a particular trade. ---***In Adam Brunskill the problem is the co-ordination of an industry that is by its nature fragmentary, after the great days of its expansion are past; a subject that offers scope to Armstrong's rare talent for solid observation, human sympathy and strong narrative against the bleak background of his native dales.' (Quote from inside front flap of jacket blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition, in nice collectable condition, in its original attractively illustrated dustwrapper. The second title in the Crowthers of Bankdam series of novels and hard to find signed by the author. ***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.
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