johnathan rabin (1 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. None (illustrator). Eight charming examples of modern literature, all touching on themes of Home and Alienation. The first editions of eight novels of modern literature, a personal selection that touch on themes of home and alienation. Novels include those written by award-winning authors Günter Grass, Alaa Al Aswany, Roddy Doyle and 1983 Nobel Prize winner William Golding.In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. All dust wrappers are unclipped except Golding's The Paper Men.Titles include:The Sin Eater, by Alice Thomas Ellis (1977, Duckworth).Foreign Land, by Jonathan Rabin (1985, Collins Harvill).The Yacoubian Building, by Alaa Al Aswany, an international bestseller (2007, Fourth Estate).The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, by Roddy Doyle (1996, Jonathan Cape).Kate's House, by Harriet Waugh (1983, Weidenfeld and Nicolson).The Paper Men, by William Golding (1984, Faber and Faber).Two Years in My Afternoon, by Elizabeth Ayrton (1972, Secker and Warburg).The Call of the Toad, by Gunter Grass (1992, Secker and Warburg). In the publisher's original cloth, in the original dust wrappers. Externally, in excellent condition, with very minor bumping to head of spine of Raban and Waugh. Dust wrappers are bright and clean, with very minor signs of shelf wear to extremities of Grass, Waugh, Golding, marginally heavier to Ayrton. A very small closed tear to protective coating of Grass wrapper near head of spine. Protective coating is adhered to the wrapper of Grass and Waugh, and cannot be removed. Minimal marking to Golding and Ellis wrappers. End papers are bright and clean, with very faint sings of offsetting to Ellis and a very small mark near top edge of Golding and hinge of Foreign Land. Internally, firmly bound. Near Fine. book.