The Train Now Departing by Grimes Martha

London, England: Headline, 1998. Very good hardcover, very good dust jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Headline, London, 1998. 1st British. Hardcover. Good/Good. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. Two novellas: The Train Now Departing and When The Mousetrap Closes. Subtle and perceptive, athmospheric and lyrical, these two beautifully accomplished and thematically linked novellas are deceptively profound in their exploration of emotional isolation and identity within human relationships. Reminicent of Barbara Pym yet told in Grimes's inimitable voice, they combine singular characters and richly textured narrative that readers have grown to expect from this internationally bestselling storyteller. Slight shelf wear to the base of the dustwrapper and some minor damage to the rear panel of the same. General handling marks etc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 153 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; ISBN: 0747219710. ISBN/EAN: 9780747219712. Inventory No: 0202648. .… Read More

London: Headline. Minor signs of handling to dustwrapper and label on rear obscuring ISBN number . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1998.

London: Headline, 1997. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. hardcover. SIGNED by Grimes on the title page.Top corners and spine ends slightly bumped, still a tight near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket which is now covered with mylar.

London: Headline. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0747219710 . A handsome first UK edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; Two novellas by Martha Grimes, one set in the present and the other in the future, explore the consequences of a world in which a train now departs and when the mousetrap closes. In "The Train Now Departing," a woman living in a society that has become so automated that most people are unemployed and life has become a series of drab, meaningless routines is forced to confront the reality of her existence when a train leaves the station without her. In "The Mousetrap Closes," a future world in which the world's resources are running out has led to a society in which people are forced to live in sealed communities. When one of the communities is attacked, the residents must decide whether to break out and risk the dangers of the outside world or stay and risk being killed.; 8vo; FSA .