Isbn: 9780679420620 - downriver (or, the vessels of wrath : a narrative in twelve tales) (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: FINE. First US printing. Author's second book, and the first to be published in the US - winner of Britain's Encore Prize for best second novel and of the James Tait Memorial Prize . Highly praised by writers ranging from Angela Carter to Peter Ackroyd to Barbara Guest, this has been called a "remarkable book: part apocalyptic documentary, part moth-eaten ghost story, part detective story." The UK Kirkus review said this "traces the ruins of Margaret Thatcher's reign through the lens of a fictional film crew that has been hired to make a documentary about what's left of London's river life. The Thames may still flow through the heart of London, but life along its shores has dramatically changed. "Downriver" is a savage, satirical quest to understand how people's lives, a government's policies, and a legendary urban waterland conspire together in a boggling display of self-destruction." Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. 2nd Printing. 6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; clean, spine tail bumped, minimal wear. BInding tight, text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; rubbed, edges have a little wear. Fic. Stax.

Hardcover. Zustand: About Fine. about fine. First American edition. 446 pp. 8vo, 1/4 cloth over boards. First printing of first U.S. edition. Head and heel of spine very slightly bumped; internally fine. Dustjacket slightly edgeworn, and darkened at edges of flaps.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. hardback in jacket, 2nd impression of US 1st edition, inscribed by author on half title page. inscribed by author.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp xiv, 446. Original publisher's black cloth over black boards, lettered gilt on spine. Number 11 of twelve copies of a hand-made limitation, signed by Iain Sinclair on the front endpaper with a quotation from the book, "Squirrels drumming the eaves as the house expands and London is salt and sand" Book has an intro specially written for the US edition. ISBN: 0679420622 Fine in fine dust jacket. Signedes. …

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp xiv, 446. Original publisher's black cloth over black boards, lettered gilt on spine. Number two of twelve copies of a hand-made limitation, signed by Iain Sinclair on the front endpaper with a quotation from the book, "Squirrels drumming the eaves as the house expands." Book has an intro specially written for the US edition. SBN: 0679420622 Fine in fine dust jacket. Signedes. …