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Angels and Insects
by A. S. Byatt
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1992 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A signed first edition, first printing of A. S. Byatt's collection of two novellas in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Angels and Insects by A. S. Byatt in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to the title page.This is a collection of two novellas entitled 'Morpho Eugenia' and 'The Conjugial Angel'. A. S. Byatt, known personally as Dame Antonia Susan Duffy is an English novelist, critic, short story writer and poet. She has been awarded many literary awards, including the Booker Prize in 1990 for 'Possession: A Romance'. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. The dust wrapper is slightly worn to the extremities. The binding has some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. 'Signed copy' sticker to the front pastedown. The pages are bright and clean with very occasional spotting to the endpapers. Near Fine
Synopsis
A.S. Byatt is the author of the novels Possession (winner of the Booker Prize in 1990), The Game , and the sequence The Virgin in the Garden , Still Life , and Babel Tower . She has also written two novellas, published together as Angels and Insects , and four collections of shorter works, including The Matisse Stories and The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye . Educated at Cambridge, she was a senior lecturer in English at University College, London, before becoming a full-time writer in 1983. A distinguished critic as well as a novelist, she lives in London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 830W27
- Title
- Angels and Insects
- Author
- A. S. Byatt
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- A. S. Byatt Angels and Insects First edition First printing Angels and Insects Dust Wrapper
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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