SILLITOE, ALAN

Tree on Fire, A

London, Macmillan. 1967, First Edition. Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, A tale of terrorism and family life as only Alan Sillitoe could put together. Jacket has a thin biro line mark to front. Very Good/Good.

Books & BygonesProfessional seller

Book number: 458

Catalogue: Novel

Keywords: Novel Tangier Travel Terrorist Gun Running Guerilla Algeria

Alan Sillitoe

A Tree on Fire

Star Books 1979 Paperback, 381pp. The second novel in award-winning, bestselling author Alan Sillitoe’s William Posters Trilogy is an existential investigation of protest and revolution in 1960s North Africa and England Jewish dilettante Myra Bassingfield returns to England from Gibraltar with her four-week-old son. Frank Dawley, the child’s father and the anarchist antihero of The Death of William Posters, has disappeared into the African desert, where he is fighting with the FLN (Front de Libération Nationale) for Algerian independence against French troops. (ISBN: 9780352303370). Good.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1522803

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Fiction9780352303370 9780352303370

SILLITOE Alan

A Tree on Fire. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Macmillan,, 1967. 8vo., First Edition; grey boards, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small mark (not affecting case) on lower cover. Gerard, A14.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 1724

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, sillitoe, alan sillitoe

Alan Sillitoe

A Tree on Fire

London, Melbourne and Toronto, Macmillan, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Alan Sillitoe's fifth novel, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. This work follows modern working man Frank Dawley after having abandoned his wife and children for an epic journey to Tangier.Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010) was an English writer. Considered one of the 'angry young men' of the 1950s, a name which he disliked, his work often handled disillusionment with British traditions.Complete with an unclipped dust wrapper.The first edition of this novel. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely, with just the slightest wear. Dust wrapper has a small chip to both the head and tail of the spine but is otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 782R28

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Alan Sillitoe Modern Fiction A Tree on Fire Modern Fiction None