On one level this is a novel about the land, set in a region long commemorated for its sublime wilderness rather than for its industrial history. On another it attempts to observe the England of the 1980s, a nation preoccupied as much with shopping as with work.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "To Rolland, Yours in the Lake District, Graham Coster 17-7-90." Excerpt about the book from The Sunday Times laid in. "On one level this is a novel about the land, set in a region long commemorated for its sublime wilderness, less often for its mining and railway history, but always shaping profoundly the lives that can be lived there. On another it is a quirky and funny look at England in the 80s." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Book's spine is slightly skewed and loose, bumps on top corners, small bumps on back bottom left corner and both ends of spine, tiny creases on top corner of pages 57-157, head edge is lightly tanned near spine. Pages remain clean and tight, overall. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 225 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 47800
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