THE NIGHT WATCH

London, England: Virago Press, 2006. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. London, England: Virago Press, 2006. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 473 pages. The author's fourth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. Limited Slipcased Edition of 1000 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. The Limited Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Virago Press: Regular-sized volume format. Pale blue cloth boards with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Text by Sarah Waters. Matching pale blue slipcase with white titles embossed on both sides. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Limited Edition format, Sarah Waters' "The Night Watch". Mesmerizing. "In the fall of 1947, an androgynous woman walks aimlessly through the scarred streets of London, adjusting her cufflinks. An ambulance driver during the Blitz, she now does nothing more dramatic than go to the cinema, arriving midway through a film and watching the second half first: 'People's pasts, you know, being so much more interesting than their futures'. Likewise, this historical novel begins at the end and moves backward, tracing the lives of its characters from peacetime Britain to the early years of the War. The centerpiece of the book is set in 1944, when the characters come fully alive, creeping through blackout London, an apocalyptic landscape of rubble and ash, searchlights and fires. Waters, acclaimed for her Victorian-era romps, has done meticulous research, and renders wartime scenes with unnerving authenticity" (The New Yorker Magazine). An absolute "must-have" title for Sarah Waters collectors. This is a copy of the Limited Slipcased Edition of 1000 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen by Sarah Waters. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the Limited Slipcased Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies of the regular trade edition available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Finalist for the Booker Prize in 2006 for "The Night Watch". One of the finest British writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SARAH WATERS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0708809588.