The Realm Of Shells (FINE COPY OF SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

Overall, Sonia

ISBN 10: 0007184107 / ISBN 13: 9780007184101

Published by Fourth Estate, London, 2006

About this Item

Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription. Dustwrapper photograph of Margate shell grotto. A novel concerning Fanny, aged eight, and her family in which they move to Margate, Kent in 1835. All is well until they discover an underground shell grotto in their garden. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

Seller Inventory # 12723

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Realm Of Shells (FINE COPY OF SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
• Publisher: Fourth Estate, London
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007184107
• ISBN 13: 9780007184101
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction
  • Modern First Edition

About this title

Synopsis

Set in fashionable Margate in 1835, this novel follows the schemes, betrayals, and disappointments of the respectable Newlove family from the perspective of its youngest member, Frances. The discovery of an underground realm of shells heralds the uncovering of some unpleasant family truths—and the dark, stark realities of the adult world. Set against the upheavals of 1830s England—the end of the war with France and the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution—this is a bewitching portrait of a family and a country on the brink of irrevocable change.

About the Author

Sonia Overall is the author of A Likeness.