Cloud Atlas - signed, dedicated, dated, located and doodled- with rare wrap-around band

Mitchell, David

ISBN 10: 0340822775 / ISBN 13: 9780340822777

Published by Sceptre, 2004

About this Item

A UK 1st Edition, 1st Printing hardback book indicated by the 10987654321 number line to the copyright page. - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE TITLE PAGE AND DEDICATED 'TO NICKY WITH BEST REGARDS'. DATED AND LOCATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION 'NOTTINGHAM MARCH 04'. WITH THE AUTHOR'S CUSTOMARY DOODLE ACCROSS HIS PRINTED NAME. COMPLETE WITH LIGHT BLUE WRAP-AROUND BAND AS ISSUED. - The book is in very good condition. A slight push to the top and bottom of the spine, and a slight crease to the top and bottom of the spine. Very slight lean but otherwise tight and square with no tears or inscriptions. A couple of small dents to the front board, and the bottom outside corners of the front and reverse boards are lightly bumped. Slight toning to the page block, and some very small creases to the corners of 3-4 pages (likely where a previous owner has kept the page) but otherwise a nice copy. - The dust jacket is in near fine condition and comes complete with its rare light blue wrap around band. It has not been price clipped with a price of £16.99 shown. Bright and complete but with slight sunning to the spine. - The wrap around band is in very good condition and displays the quotation from the Guardian Preview of the Year as required. Would be fine but for some slight sunning to the spine, commensurate with that of the dust jacket. Otherwise very nice.

Seller Inventory # 000414

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cloud Atlas - signed, dedicated, dated, located and doodled- with rare wrap-around band
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340822775
• ISBN 13: 9780340822777
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified 'dinery server' on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation -- the narrators of Cloud Atlas hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changed in ways great and small. In his captivating third novel, David Mitchell erases the boundaries of language, genre and time to offer a meditation on humanity's dangerous will to power, and where it may lead us.

From the Inside Flap

From David Mitchell, the Booker Prize nominee, award-winning writer and one of the featured authors in Granta's "Best of Young British Novelists 2003" issue, comes his highly anticipated third novel, a work of mind-bending imagination and scope.

A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified "dinery server" on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation -- the narrators of Cloud Atlas hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changed in ways great and small.

In his captivating third novel, David Mitchell erases the boundaries of language, genre and time to offer a meditation on humanity's dangerous will to power, and where it may lead us.