Lighthousekeeping by Winterson, Jeanette - 2004

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

London: Fourth Estate, 2004. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine in Protector. 8vo.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Fourth Estate, 2004. 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j. A little bumping on spine otherwise pristine.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). From one of Britain's best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of storytelling. Motherless and anchorless, Silver is taken in by the timeless Mr. Pew, keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. Pew tells Silver ancient tales of longing and rootlessness, of the slippages that occur throughout every life. One life, Babel Dark's, a nineteenth-century clergyman, opens like a map that Silver must follow, and the intertwining of myth and reality, of storytelling and experience, lead her through her own particular darkness. A story of mutability, talking birds and stolen books, of Darwin and Stevenson and of the Jekyll and Hyde in all of us, Lighthousekeeping is a way into the most secret… Read More

London, New York : Fourth Estate, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 232 p. ; 21 cm. Notes; SIGNED by the author. NOT price-clipped. First edition and first printing. Summary; 'A child born of chance might imagine that Chance was its father, in the way that gods fathered children, and then abandoned them, without a backward glance, but with one small gift. I wondered if a gift had been left for me. I had no idea where to look, or what I was looking for, but I know now that all important journeys start that way. 'Motherless and anchorless, Silver is taken in by the timeless Mr. Pew, keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. Pew tells Silver ancient tales of longing and rootlessness, of ties that bind and of the slippages that occur throughout every life. One life, Babel Dark's, a… Read More

2004. Erstausgabe, London, Fourth Estate, 2004, 8°, 232 S., original Pappband (Hardcover), farbig illustr. original Schutzumschlag, Farbvorsätze, Einband minimal knickspurig, sonst ein sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Should your order's weight exceed 1kg, we shall need to message you, to recalculate the shipping cost. (= Sollte Ihre Bestellung mehr als 1k wiegen, müssten die Portokosten angepasst werden, Sie bekämen vorab eine Anfrage per Email.)