Author: Bruce Chatwin Title: Utz
Description: London, Jonathan Cape , 1988. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first impression of this novel by Bruce Chatwin, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A novel concerning the fortunes of collector of Meissen porcelain Kaspar Utz in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War. He finds a way to travel outside the Eastern Bloc to acquire new pieces. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper.By Bruce Chatwin, English travel writer, novelist and journalist, author of such books as In Patagonia, and On the Black Hill, which awarded him the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The Times ranked his on their list of 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. The dust wrapper is unclipped and lovely with minor shelf wear only, light minor spotting internally to the wraps, not affecting the externals. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
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Price: GBP 60.00 = appr. US$ 85.68 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 801A33
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