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London: Jonathan Cape. Fine. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. ARC. 0224051709 . A handsome Uncorrected Book Proof of the first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition; McEwan's Booker Prize winning morality tale, cleverly disguised as a comic novel is about Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday who had been Molly Lane's lovers. In the days following Molly's funeral, Clive and Vernon make a pact with consequences and disastrous moral decisions and their friendship will be tested to its limits; 8vo ; [viii], 160 pages .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374143293 . A handsome first US edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Published two years after the death of Nobel Prize-winning William Golding, Double Tongue looks almost 2,000 years into the past to tell a thoughtful story of one of the Pythias, or women responsible for relaying the answers of Apollo’s oracle at the Greek city of Delphi; 8vo; [viii],165, [3] pages .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224078739 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Anne Enright directly on the title page; The nine surviving children of the large Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea. His sister Veronica keeps the dead man company, guarding their secret - something that happened to Liam at their grandmother's house in 1968. An insightful epic about three generations of family betrayal and redemption ; 8vo ; Signed by Author .

New York: Dutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525941916 . A handsome first US edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Small unobtrusive water stain inside tail of dustjacket; Winner of the 1995 Booker Prize; 8vo .

New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394586239 . A handsome first US edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Minor wear to edges of dustjacket. Overall a tight clean copy; The novel traces a pair of young academics as they uncover a clandestine love affair between two long-dead Victorian poets. Winner of the1990 Booker Prize. Basis for the major 2002 motion picture starring Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow; 8vo .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374250863 . A handsome first US edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket; Golding's classic novel, set in a world of creatures that are all changing and evolving, tells the story of a group of boys who are forced to undergo a rite of passage. As they journey through the forest, they must confront the fears and challenges that come with growing up. Golding's mesmerizing writing captures the power of transformation and the courage it takes to grow up.; 8vo .

London: Faber and Faber. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0571192165 . A handsome first British edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Peter Carey directly on the half title page. Map of Ned Kelly's Australia laid in; True History of the Kelly Gang recounts the story of Ned Kelly, a Jesse James-esque desperado of the Australian frontier. Booker Prize Winner; 8vo; [10], [1-8] 9-349 [350] [8] pages; Signed by Author .