ACKROYD, PETER

Chatterton

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc, 1988. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802100414. This book is in Near Fine condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. This is a First American Edition. This is Peter Ackroyd's third novel and nominated on the short list for the Booker Prize. "In today's London, a young poet and an elderly female novelist engage the mystery of Chatterton by trying to decode the clues foudn in an old manuscript, only to discover that their investigation discloses other riddles for which there are no solutions. They are not alone in their quest: the mystery is also being revived in an earlier age, as in the mid-nineteenth century Henry Wallis paints his celebrated portrait of Chatterton lying dead in an attic room.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 46215

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Mots-clés: 0802100414 Modern Fiction First Editions Peter Ackroyd Thomas Chatterton Forgeries Forgers Artists Painters Medieval Manuscripts

ACKROYD, PETER

First Light

London, England: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0241124980. Illustrated by Craig Dodd. Cover Art; The book is in Very Good+ condition with a Near Fine Dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean, however, there is some generalized toning to the pages due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "In his novels he often contrasts historical settings with present-day segments (e. G. The Great Fire of London, Hawksmoor, The House of Doctor Dee). Many of Ackroyd's novels are set in London and deal with the ever-changing, but at the same time stubbornly consistent nature of the city. Often this theme is explored through the city's artists, especially its writers: Oscar Wilde in The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983) , a fake autobiography of Wilde; Nicholas Hawksmoor, Sir Christopher Wren and Sir John Vanbrugh in Hawksmoor (1985) ; Thomas Chatterton and George Meredith in Chatterton (1987) ; John Dee in The House of Dr Dee (1993) ; Dan Leno, Karl Marx, George Gissing and Thomas De Quincey in Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (1994) ; John Milton in Milton in America (1996) ; Charles Lamb in The Lambs of London. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 40379

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Mots-clés: 0241124980 General Fiction Fiction Archaeological Digs Archaeology Peter Ackroyd Speculative Fiction Modern Fiction Firsts

ALARCON, DANIEL

War By Candlelight Stories

New York: Harpercollins, 2005. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060594780. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of a small round spot of glue residue where a sticker was removed. "Daniel Alarcón (born March 5,1977 in Lima, Peru) is a novelist, journalist and radio producer. He is co-founder, host and Executive Producer of Radio Ambulante, an award-winning Spanish language podcast distributed by NPR. Currently, he is an assistant professor of broadcast journalism at the Columbia University Journalism School and writes about Latin America forThe New Yorker. He began his career writing fiction, publishing stories in magazines like The New Yorker, Granta, Virginia Quarterly Review and elsewhere, and his short stories have been widely anthologized. He served as Associate Editor of the Peruvian magazine Etiqueta Negra until 2015. He is a former Fulbright Scholar to Peru, and a 2011 Artist in Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts. His novel At Night We Walk in Circles was published by Riverhead Books in October 2013." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 40223

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Mots-clés: 0060594780 Modern Fiction First Edition Daniel Alarcon Short Stories Peru Modern Fiction Firsts

ALDRIDGE, JOHN W.

The Pary at Cranton

London, England: Constable, 1960. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There are a couple of small spots of a brownish color to the very bottom edge of the spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. All edges of the text block have some light foxing. The dust jacket is mostl clean and bright. There are several spots of rubbing to the dust jacket. "Using American Modernist writing of the 1920s as his lofty standard, Aldridge wrote of the creative dilemmas faced by those writers who arrived on the literary scene a generation later, yet still hoped to create fresh depictions of their experience. Reviewing new work as it appeared, he could be merciless in his evisceration of those who, in his view, failed to measure up. As he wrote memorably in 1951, the new writers "have learned that after the innovators come the specialists and after the specialists the imitators and that after a movement has spent itself there can only come the incestuous, the archaeologists, and the ghouls." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 40997

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Mots-clés: Modern Fiction First Edition John W. Aldridge Relationships Parties

ALI, MONICA

Brick Lane

New York: Scribners, 2003. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 038560484X. Signed Edition. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Monica Ali (born 20 October 1967) is a Bangladeshi-born British writer and novelist. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta magazine based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name. She has also published three other novels. "; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 39940

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Mots-clés: 038560484X Modern Fiction First Edition Monica Ali Signed Edition England

ANDREWS, JOHN

A Viking's Daughter

New York: Doubleday, 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385249713. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 40612

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Mots-clés: 0385249713 Modern Fiction First Edition John Andrews Historical Fiction Vikings Modern Fiction Firsts