Notes from a Small Island (1st edition hardback in very good dust jacket) flat signed by author Bill Bryson and by illustrator David Cook

Bryson, Bill

ISBN 10: 0385405340 / ISBN 13: 9780385405348

Published by Doubleday, 1995

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Published by Doubleday in 1995, here is the first hardback printing of Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island flat signed in black ink to the full title page by author Bill Bryson and by the illustrator David Cook. Blue cloth binding, silver lettering, illustrations, the book is in very good condition with a few bumps to the edges of the boards, a dedication to a previous owner on the reverse of the front free end paper plus some light browning throughout. The dust jacket is also very good. Seller Inventory # 11112

Bibliographic Details

Title: Notes from a Small Island (1st edition ...

Publisher: Doubleday

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Notes from a Small Island [Hardcover] Bryson, Bill

Review:

Reacting to an itch common to Midwesterners since there's been a Midwest from which to escape, writer Bill Bryson moved from Iowa to Britain in 1973. Working for such places as Times of London, among others, he has lived quite happily there ever since. Now Bryson has decided his native country needs him--but first, he's going on a roundabout jaunt on the island he loves.

Britain fascinates Americans: it's familiar, yet alien; the same in some ways, yet so different. Bryson does an excellent job of showing his adopted home to a Yank audience, but you never get the feeling that Bryson is too much of an outsider to know the true nature of the country. Notes from a Small Island strikes a nice balance: the writing is American-silly with a British range of vocabulary. Bryson's marvelous ear is also in evidence: "... I noted the names of the little villages we passed through--Pinhead, West Stuttering, Bakelite, Ham Hocks, Sheepshanks ..." If you're an Anglophile, you'll devour Notes from a Small Island.