Slow Chocolate Autopsy (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION) by Sinclair, Iain; McKean, Dave (illus.) - 1997

Granta Books, 2002-11. Hardcover. Good.

Granta Books, 2002-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London:: Goldmark of Uppingham / Granta Books,, 2001.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a matching cloth slipcase. . Limited, signed edition. Sinclair at his best - or worst. A unique mixture of fiction, history, and autobiography, set in the Welsh borderlands. As one reviewer commented "There are plot lines galore: murder, suicides, mental asylums, a good deal of bookselling and buying (Sinclair's old trade), readings, writings. There are cameos from the past: David Jones, Father Ignatius, Henry and Thomas Vaughan, and Francis Kilvert are presences through much of the book, and Allen Ginsberg and Bruce Chatwin also pop up. A number of Sinclair's friends and acquaintances also have roles, from Michael Moorcock to the usual cast of odd characters that follow him from book to book, who live, like him, 'on the ledge of the peripheral'. The Jeremy Thorpe affair plays a role. And, of course, there's Walter Savage… Read More

The First UK printing Tangerine Press, London, 2016. The BOOK is in Fine unread condition. One of only 126 numbered hardback copies signed by the author to the limitation page. There was also an unsigned wrappered edition issued at the same time. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Collects 20 Essays by Sinclair, including 'Our Unknown Everywhere', on Arthur Machen. Other authors covered include Peter Ackroyd, J.G. Ballard, Alexander Baron, Roland Camberton, Angela Carter, B. Catling, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Patrick Hamilton, John Healy, Thomas Holmes, Jack Kerouac, Michael Moorcock, & Robert Westerby. Numerous coloured portraits by McKean. An increasingly elusive title to find with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

2001. Granta Books London. 2001. First edition, limited to 250 copies SIGNED by Sinclair and McKean, this being number 116. This limited signed edition was produced using the first edition, first issue sheets by Goldmark of Uppingham and is cased in claret cloth gilt. Set in our area (Hay-on-Wye) and illustrated by McKean. A lovely copy in matching slip-case.