Isbn: 9780224010955 - first love, last rites (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. Black hard cover with gilt titles on spine. Minor bumping to edges. Contents tight with no inscriptions. Just a touch of foxing to page edges and internally. Dust jacket has minor edge-wear, minor foxing and internal staining to edges. It has been price clipped and there is evidence of old price sticker on the front flap. A good copy of the author's first book. This is the 1979 reprint.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First printing of the true first edition of the author's first published book. Attractive black and white wrap-around dustwrapper illustration by the artist and illustrator Bill Botten. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked, with just a small bump to the cloth on the front board. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Slight reading lean to the binding. Page block edges slightly foxed. Internally also very good, with no ownership instructions. Please note there is some foxing, mainly to the blank page opposite the first page of text, with a small smudge to the margin of p.24 (please see scans). ***In a very good black and white wraparound illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £2.50 net. The dustwrapper is complete, with no creases, chips or tears - just a light crease to the laminate surface on the front panel. No fading even to the spine. There is some light rubbing to the extremities, and the dustwrapper feels slightly slack around the book (perhaps having a stiff protective cover at one stage). ***204mm x 132mm. 165 pages. ***Stories: Homemade; Solid Geometry; Last Day of Summer; Cocker at the Theatre; Butterflies; Conversation with a Cupboard Man; First Love, Last Rites; Disguises. ***'"First Love, Last Rites" introduces an extraordinary new writer whose stories lurk darkly in the mind long after they have been read. Under Ian McEwan's manipulation, depravity may take on the guise of innocence, butterflies become sinister and incest is made somehow acceptable. He is able to project a view of the world through the pellucid consciousness of a child and then show it being fouled by the macabre until that world appears a murky grey. He distills the awakening sensations of first love, delicately traces love's ritual initiations and infuses these with a luxuriant sensual imagery'. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First printing of the true first edition, complete in its original attractive black and white illustrated wrap-around dustwrapper by the illustrator Bill Botten. A very good copy, with the aforementioned faults. Of interest to collectors of the fiction of Ian McEwan, and the vibrant dustwrapper designs by artist Bill Botten. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Bill Botten (dustwrapper illustration) (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. St Marys Books is proud to present this 1975 first edition of First Love Last Rites by Ian McEwan Housed in its original black dustjacket with a dark and fantastical white ink illustration on the cover this hardback book is bound in black paper with gold gilt lettering to the spine Inside one finds 165 pages of short stories introducing an extraordinary new writer whose stories lurk darkly in the mind long after they have been read This book and its original dustjacket are in very good condition with few notable blemishes or imperfections they have been remarkably wellpreserved First Love Last Rites is looking for a new home and would make for the perfect gift for any lover of a dark and twisted talenbsp. book.…

First edition, first printing of author's first book. Signed by the author. Fine, with a tiny mark on the foredge, in fine dustjacket with a small piece of lifted laminate to the rear panel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike, price-clipped dustwrapper. Scarce in collectible condition; Ian McEwan's first book, a collection of short stories, was regarded by him as an opportunity to experiment and find his voice as a writer. Multiple film adaptations for the various stories followed, e.g., for First Love, Last Rites, Butterflies, and Solid Geometry; 8vo.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 165 pages. First edition, first printing, Dust jacket design by Bill Botten. His first book. Eight short stories, some were later made into movies. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. Signed by McEwan on the title page. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first U.K. edition; published in 1975 stated on copyright page. Author's signature on detached bookplate. In near fine dust jacket with original price, £2.50, on front flap. Very light rubbing and soil on inside DJ spine. Housed in custom-made slipcase.…

First edition, first printing of author's first book. Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustjacket.