Fine Modern Library Collection of First Edition Novels, Signed by the Authors

Name: Fine Modern Library Collection of First Edition Novels, Signed by the Authors
Author: Various

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Published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson; Mantle; Little Brown; Michael Joseph; Oneworld; Orion 2018-2022, London, 2018

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A superb set of six first UK edition novels, perfect for a modern library collection, all of which have been signed by their authors. Six volumes. First edition, or first UK editions. Each volume is signed by the author. A highly pleasing collection of contemporary novels in excellent condition, perfect for the modern library collector. This set contains: The Map of Salt and Stars, 2018. One of seven hundred numbered and signed copies, of which this is number six hundred and sixty-two. Nour has lost her father and her home. Now, living with her sisters in the Syrian city of Homs, she whispers the stories her Baba once told her to the fig tree, so that its roots can carry her stories to where her father is buried, and he wont feel so alone. Written by Zeyn Joukhadar, previously Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar, a Syrian American writer and winner of the 2021 Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction for 'The Thirty Names of Night'. The Winter Soldier, 2018. One of six hundred numbered and signed copies, of which this is number one hundred and thirty-six. Set in Vienna in 1914, this novel follows Lucius, a twenty-two-year-old medical student who enlists at the start of the First World War. Enraptured by romantic tales of battlefield surgery, he expects to find a position in a well-organized field hospital, but this will not be the case. Written by Daniel Mason, an American novelist and physician. The Survivors, 2020. One of one hundred and fifty exclusive signed first editions, of which this is number twenty-four. Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on a single day when reckless mistakes led to devastating consequences. The guilt that haunts him revisits when he brings his young family to the small coastal town he once called home. Written by Jane Harper, a British Australian author known for her crime novels set in rural Australia. The Absolute Book, 2021. One of one thousand five hundred signed copies, of which this is number ninety-three. Taryn Cornick can barely remember the library in her old family home. Since her sister was murdered, she can't help but forget her childhood. Now, its all coming back: the fire, the thief, an the scroll box. Written by Elizabeth Knox, a New Zealand writer. Build Your House Around My Body, 2021. Two young women go missing decades apart. One, the daughter of a wealthy Vietnamese family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation. The other, a young and unhappy Vietnamese-American woman vanishes from her home in Saigon without a trace. Both are fearless, both are lost, and both will have their revenge. Written by Violet Kupersmith, a Vietnamese-American author best known for the short story collection The Frangipani Hotel. The Cartographers, 2022. One of one thousand five hundred signed copies, of which this is number four hundred and sixty-six. Nell Young has lived her life around maps. Her father was one of the most respected cartographers in the world, until he was found dead in his office at the New York Public Library. Written by Peng Shepherd, an American author and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine.

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Title: Fine Modern Library Collection of First Edition Novels, Signed by the Authors
Author: Various
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicholson; Mantle; Little Brown; Michael Joseph; Oneworld; Orion 2018-2022, London
Publication year: 2018
Condition: Fine
Dust jacket: Fine
Signed: signed by author
Book Type: book
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: None
Edition: First edition.
Item weight: 2 kilograms
Dimensions: 9.5" by 6.5"

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