Allegro Postillions. First Printing. Signed and Inscribed by the Author

Keates, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0907540368 / ISBN 13: 9780907540366

Published by Edinburgh. The Salamander Press, 1983

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Edinburgh. The Salamander Press. 1983. Hard Cover. Demy 8vo, 8¾" x 5½" [22 x 14 cm] approx. 184 pp. Laid paper stock. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper dated 1983 and flat signed without dedication to the title page. Dark green boards with gilt titles to the spine. Book is pristine and in fine condition. Pale green dust wrapper is unclipped at £7.95 with red and black titles to the front and spine panels. One or two marks to the front and a little soiling to the rear. Spine ends and corners are sharp. Jonathan Keates's prize-winning collection gathers together four stories of haunting and magnetic brilliance set in 19th-century Italy, a war-torn, emerging nation of secrets and enigmas, of sudden violence and muted anguish, a land where the sought-after beauties of art clash with the unavoidable truth of life as it is lived. The dust jacket will be protected with a new protective mylar sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message. Seller Inventory # *AUG2723012

Bibliographic Details

Title: Allegro Postillions. First Printing. Signed ...

Publisher: Edinburgh. The Salamander Press

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Four short stories depict the experiences of a traveler, a landscape painter, a composer, and a poet in eighteenth-century Italy

About the Author:

The distinguished writer Jonathan Keates (b.1946) has written several acclaimed biographies and travel books, and his novel Allegro Postillions won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize. Keates also reviews regularly for the Sunday Telegraph and teaches English at the City of London School.