Author: MASTERS, ANTHONY
Title: A Watching Silence (Signed Copy)
Description: New York, Simon and Schuster. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0671791737). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND DEDICATED BY AUTHOR on dedication page with 'To Emma Boniface' FIRST US EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. First published in the UK in 1991 under the title 'Klondyker'. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped and is protected by a plastic cover. The English author's (1940-2003) first book to be published in the US. Martin, who is lonely and miserable on Shetland, where his parents have come to write a book about the island birds, is attracted to the ruined village of Settler, where he finds a curious silver knife on the floor of a cottage and before he can show it to anyone, he is attacked by a mysterious catlike creature who escapes with the knife. Who or what is the the cat man?. A local history buff warns Martin about a witch who is said to live on through her cat but Martin is convinced that his attacker was human. When an African factory ship is wrecked off the coast, Martin's attention is diverted to one of the crew, until he begins to suspect the ship is connected to Settler. A SCARCE SIGNED COPY 16. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author.

Keywords: Juvenilia, Childrens Fiction, Shetland, Shipwreck 0671791737


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