Notes from a Small Island (1st edition hardback in very good dust jacket) flat signed by author Bill Bryson and by illustrator David Cook

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 in black ink to the full title page by author Bill Bryson and by the illustrator David Cook. Blue cloth binding, silver lettering, illustrations, the book is in very good condition with a few bumps to the edges of the boards, a dedication to a previous owner on the reverse of the front free end paper plus some light browning throughout. The dust jacket is also very good. Seller Inventory # 11112

Bibliographic Details

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

Publisher: Doubleday

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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."