Age of Iron

New York: Random House, 1990. A bright, shiny, clean, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (18.95). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked. Bound in the original green boards and black cloth spine. The author is a two-time winner of the Booker Prize, and the 2003 Nobel Laureate for Literature. First American Edition is so stated, with the complete number row "24689753" on the copyright page [the "1" is not called for in first printings published by Random House. See McBride's GUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF FIRST EDITIONS]. From the Dust Jacket: "In Cape Town, South Africa, an old woman is dying of cancer. A classics professor, Mrs. Curren has all her life been opposed to the lies and brutality of apartheid, but she has lived insulated from its true horrors. Now she is suddenly forced to come to terms with the iron-hearted rage that the system has wrought.". First Printing - First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Werner, Honi (jacket design). 8vo. (viii), 199pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. …