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The Bone People - the true first issue - complete with rare wrap-around band
by Hulme, Keri
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. First edition, first printing. Published by Hodder and Stoughton in London, 1985. This is a fine copy of the true first issue, with no mention of the Booker Prize on the front cover and being bound in Singapore. It has little wear to note, aside from slight bumping at the corners. It has not been price clipped, showing the £9.95 net price for the UK. The boards are tight and free from notable wear. The text blocks are bright and white throughout. Complete with the Booker Prize Shortlisted wrap-around band (a little creased). This copy is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in fine condition. The winner of the 1985 Booker Prize.
Synopsis
Keri Hulme is a New Zealand writer, best known for her Man Booker prize-wining novel, The Bone People. The story is set on the harsh South Island beaches of New Zealand and recounts the stories and lives of three disparate and emotionally damaged people of mixed European and Maori heritage. Kerewin Holmes is a painter and a loner, convinced that "to care for anything is to invite disaster." Her isolation is disrupted one day when a six-year-old mute boy, Simon, breaks into her house. The sole survivor of a mysterious shipwreck, Simon has been adopted by a widowed Maori factory worker, Joe Gillayley, who is both tender and monstrously brutal toward the child. The novel uses journal entries, poems, dreams and narration to tell this raw, complicated story and to reveal each character’s motivations and desire to connect. Through shifting points of view, Hulme weaves together an unparralled story of vitality and glaring isolation.
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- Bookseller
- John Atkinson Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16021
- Title
- The Bone People - the true first issue - complete with rare wrap-around band
- Author
- Hulme, Keri
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Price Clipped
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