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Fine copy in Fine DJ, tiny mark on fore edge, now in Mylar. Dj designed by Bill Botten. Reprint
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Ian McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. Taut, brooding, and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. These tales are as horrifying as anything written by Clive Barker or Stephen King, but they are crafted with a lyricism and intensity that compel us to confront our secret kinship with the horrifying.
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"McEwan [has] a powerful talent that is both weird and wonderful." --Boston Sunday Globe
"Ian McEwan's fictional world combin[es] the bleak, dreamlike quality of de Chirico's city-scapes with the strange eroticism of canvases by Balthus. Menace lies crouched between the lines of his neat, angular prose, and weird, grisly things occur in his books with nearly casual aplomb." --The New York Times
"McEwan is a splendid magician of fear." --Village Voice Literary Supplement
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Black hard cover with gilt titles on spine. Minor bumping to edges. Contents tight with no inscriptions. Just a touch of foxing to page edges and internally. Dust jacket has minor edge-wear, minor foxing and internal staining to edges. It has been price clipped and there is evidence of old price sticker on the front flap. A good copy of the author's first book. This is the 1979 reprint. Seller Inventory # 26527
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FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: nrFine DW. 1st Edition. Black cloth, gilt. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket (£3.95 net) is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Seller Inventory # kb059A.486
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FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES (First edition - first printing of the author's first published book)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bill Botten (dustwrapper illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. First printing of the true first edition of the author's first published book. Attractive black and white wrap-around dustwrapper illustration by the artist and illustrator Bill Botten. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked, with just a small bump to the cloth on the front board. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Slight reading lean to the binding. Page block edges slightly foxed. Internally also very good, with no ownership instructions. Please note there is some foxing, mainly to the blank page opposite the first page of text, with a small smudge to the margin of p.24 (please see scans). ***In a very good black and white wraparound illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £2.50 net. The dustwrapper is complete, with no creases, chips or tears - just a light crease to the laminate surface on the front panel. No fading even to the spine. There is some light rubbing to the extremities, and the dustwrapper feels slightly slack around the book (perhaps having a stiff protective cover at one stage). ***204mm x 132mm. 165 pages. ***Stories: Homemade; Solid Geometry; Last Day of Summer; Cocker at the Theatre; Butterflies; Conversation with a Cupboard Man; First Love, Last Rites; Disguises. ***'"First Love, Last Rites" introduces an extraordinary new writer whose stories lurk darkly in the mind long after they have been read. Under Ian McEwan's manipulation, depravity may take on the guise of innocence, butterflies become sinister and incest is made somehow acceptable. He is able to project a view of the world through the pellucid consciousness of a child and then show it being fouled by the macabre until that world appears a murky grey. He distills the awakening sensations of first love, delicately traces love's ritual initiations and infuses these with a luxuriant sensual imagery'. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First printing of the true first edition, complete in its original attractive black and white illustrated wrap-around dustwrapper by the illustrator Bill Botten. A very good copy, with the aforementioned faults. Of interest to collectors of the fiction of Ian McEwan, and the vibrant dustwrapper designs by artist Bill Botten. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 9382
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First Love, Last Rites (First Printing)
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. A lovely, Fine copy: firm and square binding in sharp black cloth; a few tiny brown speckles to the top-edge of the closed page block, else delightfully bright, crisp and clean, free of marks, foxing and inscriptions. The unclipped dustwrapper (£2.50 net stated) is Near Fine: bright and vibrant; some wrinkling and very light rubbing to the head of the spine and top corners; a tiny surface scuff to the heel of the spine; vertical crease to the rear flap; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. Seller Inventory # J232
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First Love, Last Rites : Stories
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Book Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Jonathan Cape, 1975. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Book in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustjacket, with minor wear and rubbing. Internally clean, previous owner's name and date acquired to top of ffe, binding is firm. Spotted foxing to edges of textblock. 165 pages. An excellent copy of the author's first book. Seller Inventory # 7779
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First Love, Last Rights
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo. 165 pp. Black boards with gilt lettered spine. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition. Seller Inventory # 12157
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First edition, first printing of author's first book. Signed by the author. Fine, with a tiny mark on the foredge, in fine dustjacket with a small piece of lifted laminate to the rear panel. Seller Inventory # 15487
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first U.K. edition; published in 1975 stated on copyright page. Author's signature on detached bookplate. In near fine dust jacket with original price, £2.50, on front flap. Very light rubbing and soil on inside DJ spine. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Seller Inventory # 1803079
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 165 pages. First edition, first printing, Dust jacket design by Bill Botten. His first book. Eight short stories, some were later made into movies. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. Signed by McEwan on the title page. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy! Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 576663466