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The Biographer's Tale
by BYATT, A. S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1996. Third impression, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Lean to spine, gentle pushing to head of spine, corners bruised. Inscribed by Byatt to title page: "For Anne/ from/ A S Byatt," in black pen to title page. Ilkley Literature Festival 2000 bookmark, plus two ticket-stubs for Byatt's reading, laid in. Else, clean and tight. In the original dust jacket: gentle sunning to spine, creasing to edges, red stain (from upper board) to reverse of front panel. Still, a very good copy of Byatt's "Borges-like" novel.
Synopsis
A.S. Byatt, author of the Booker Prize-winning Possession is one of Britain’s leading novelists. Her recent, highly acclaimed Babel Tower was the last part of a trilogy of the post-war years which began with The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life . Her latest collection of short stories was Elementals (1998). She was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1999.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2119
- Title
- The Biographer's Tale
- Author
- BYATT, A. S
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Signed & Association Copies;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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