CHATTERTON (First edition - first impression)

Peter Ackroyd

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Language: English

Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987

0241123488 / 9780241123485

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First impression of the true first edition. ***Near fine in brick-red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine uncreased. Corners sharp. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions or annotations. Pages clean. Paper stock lightly tanned as usual (cheap paper stock used). No creases or tears. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £10.95 net. No chips or tears. Head of spine of dustwrapper slightly creased. Spine colour of dustwrapper just slightly faded - far less than usual. Dustwrapper bright and clean. ***240mm x165mm. 234 pages. ***'What is the mystery of Thomas Chatterton? A young poet and elderly female novelist try to decode the clues found within an eighteenth-century manuscript, only to discover that their investigation is disclosing other secrets for which there is no solution. ***Peter Ackroyd's "Chatterton" is about death. It is about plagiarism. It is about the nature of poetry. "Chatterton" is at once both tragic and profoundly comic, a meditation on human destiny and a satire on human folly.' (Quotes taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, in ts original dustwrapper, in really nice collectable condition. ***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. …

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Title
CHATTERTON (First edition - first impression)
Author
Peter Ackroyd
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton, London
Publication year
1987
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0241123488
ISBN 13
9780241123485
Edition
First Edition
Printing
First Impression
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