![The New Confessions [Signed By The Author]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/617/077/9780688077617.OL.0.b.jpg)
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The New Confessions [Signed By The Author]
by Boyd, William
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688077617
- ISBN 13
- 9780688077617
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1988 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 476 (1) pp. First Printing, 1988. Inscribed on the Title Page by William Boyd. "The New Confessions (1987) is a novel of the Scottish writer William Boyd. The theme and narrative structure of the novel is modelled on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Les Confessions, the reading of which has a huge impact on the protagonist's life. The book follows the life of John James Todd from his birth in Edinburgh up to his final exile on a Mediterranean island. Todd fights in the First World War and also films it as a cameraman, he then works for a film studio and ends up in Berlin where he starts his filming of The Confessions. After the financial collapse of his backer, he move to Hollywood along with many German exiles. He becomes a war correspondent during the Second World War and then returns to America where he becomes caught up in the anti-communist witch hunts." Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black half-cloth with cream paper-covered boards, and gilt lettering to spine..
Synopsis
William Boyd’s first novel, A Good Man in Africa , won a Whitbread Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award; his second, An Ice-Cream War , was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and The Blue Afternoon won the Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction. Boyd lives in London.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004400
- Title
- The New Confessions [Signed By The Author]
- Author
- Boyd, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688077617
- ISBN 13
- 9780688077617
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION NOVEL BRITISH WRITERS BOYD WILLIAM (b. 1952)
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Large 8vo
Terms of Sale
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. We accept checks and money orders. Orders shipped immediately with credit card payment or held ten days pending arrival of check.
About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Michael Bond - the man behind Paddington Bear
“All the same ... it’s a very important name. And I don’t expect there are many bears in the world called Paddington!”
A lonely toy bear on an empty shop shelf on Christmas Eve in 1956 first captured the attention of Michael Bond, who kindly shared Paddington with the world.
Beat Poet Michael McClure
From the fateful reading at Six-Gallery in 1955 to his novels, poetry, and stage productions, Michael McClure was right in the thick of the Beat Generation as it was born. See his books and art and learn more about the works of Michael McClure.
