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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Seller Inventory # 20-09884
Book Description Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. London, Pan Books, 1992. First edition. 8vo. Lustrous black cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, endpapers decorated with an orange and black photo of a prehistoric marine creature, top edge of text block gilt, 261 pp. This is a novel of classic resonance and scope; exploring, sometimes heart-rendingly, the eternal question: "Why should things matter?" and reminds us, unforgettably, that they do. Intimate and tender in its portrayal of character, with a grasp of history, embracing, among other things: ballet dancers and bees, bridge builders and prehistoric beasts, railways, arsenic, poetry, plastic and the William's pear and finding, despite everything, the wonder of love. A gem of a book! New in new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. Seller Inventory # EM-B0451-10
Book Description Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. London, Pan Books, 1992. First edition. 8vo. Lustrous black cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, endpapers decorated with an orange and black photo of a prehistoric marine creature, top edge of text block gilt, 261 pp. This is a novel of classic resonance and scope; exploring, sometimes heart-rendingly, the eternal question: "Why should things matter?" and reminds us, unforgettably, that they do. Intimate and tender in its portrayal of character, with a grasp of history, embracing, among other things: ballet dancers and bees, bridge builders and prehistoric beasts, railways, arsenic, poetry, plastic and the William's pear and finding, despite everything, the wonder of love. A gem of a book! New in new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. Seller Inventory # EM-B1199-14
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine unread 1st impression in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the Author on the title page. Dustwrapper very slightly scuffed. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 006609
Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.97. Seller Inventory # Q-0330323318