Author: A. A. Gill
Title: The Golden Door: Letters to America
Description: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A signed first UK edition copy of A. A. Gill's love letter to America, inscribed by the author to Stephen Vizinczey. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author to the title page: "For Stephen with love. A A Gill". From the library of Hungarian-Canadian author Stephen Vizinczey, best known for his 'In Praise of Older Women', and 'An Innocent Millionaire&apos. His writing was praised by the likes of Graham Greene and Anthony Burgess, describing his fiction as social epics which breathe hope in a corrupt world. This book is a collection of linked essays based on truths and mythologies about America and Americans. Every other small town in America boasts on its 'Welcome' sign that it is the home of something or other - and this is the theme with which A. A. Gill starts. Overall, this volume is A. A. Gill's love letter to America, looking at the America he knew in the 1970s and the place it became in the early 2000s. Adrian Anthony Gill (1954-2016) was a British journalist, critic, and author, best known for his sharp wit, and often controversial style. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely bright condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is very bright and smart, except for a crease to the spine. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.
Keywords: A. A. Gill America American history USA America Not Stated
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Title: The Golden Door: Letters to America
Description: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A signed first UK edition copy of A. A. Gill's love letter to America, inscribed by the author to Stephen Vizinczey. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author to the title page: "For Stephen with love. A A Gill". From the library of Hungarian-Canadian author Stephen Vizinczey, best known for his 'In Praise of Older Women', and 'An Innocent Millionaire&apos. His writing was praised by the likes of Graham Greene and Anthony Burgess, describing his fiction as social epics which breathe hope in a corrupt world. This book is a collection of linked essays based on truths and mythologies about America and Americans. Every other small town in America boasts on its 'Welcome' sign that it is the home of something or other - and this is the theme with which A. A. Gill starts. Overall, this volume is A. A. Gill's love letter to America, looking at the America he knew in the 1970s and the place it became in the early 2000s. Adrian Anthony Gill (1954-2016) was a British journalist, critic, and author, best known for his sharp wit, and often controversial style. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely bright condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is very bright and smart, except for a crease to the spine. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.
Keywords: A. A. Gill America American history USA America Not Stated
Price: GBP 70.00 = appr. US$ 99.96 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 891M8
- Book number: 891M8
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