A. S. Byatt
A Collection of Works from A.S. Byatt
London, Chatto & Windus, 1987-2011. First edition. Cloth. A collection of very smart first editions from English writer, Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, known as A. S. Byatt. Including a copy of The Biographer's Tale that is signed by the author. Six volumes. First edition. Written by Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, an English critic, novelist, short story writer, and poet, known under her pen name of A. S. Byatt. Her books have been widely translated into over thirty languages. This set includes: Sugar and Other Stories, 1987. A collection of short stories, including: Rose-Coloured Teacups, The July Ghost, The Dried Witch, The Changeling, and In the Air. Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice, 1998. A collection of short stories, including: Crocodile Tears, Cold, Baglady, Jael, and Christ in the House of Martha and Mary. The Biographer's Tale, 2000. Signed by the author to the title page. Following a student as he attempts to write a biography about a biographer. In the process, he ends up learning about three real historical figures Carl Linnaeus, Francis Galton and Henrik Ibsen, the focus of the biographer's research. On Histories and Stories: Selected Essays, 2000. A collection of powerful essays on Fathers, Forefathers, and Ancestors, and the renaissance of the historical novel. Little Black Book of Stories, 2003. A collection of short stories, including: The Thing in the Forest, Body Art, A Stone Woman, Raw Material, and The Pink Ribbon. Ragnarok: The End of Gods, 2011. Ragnarok is the story of the end of the world and the destruction of all life. What myth could be any more relevant to a young girl evacuated to the English countryside during the Second World War? In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original dust wrappers are all unclipped and very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
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