THE SEA (First edition - 13th impression - this copy signed by the author)

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A thirteenth impression of the true first edition, with 13 15 17 19 18 16 14 on the printer's page. This copy SIGNED by the author on the title page. ***Winner of the Booker Prize 2005. ***A near fine copy in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards show some marks commensurate with age and handling, but are generally clean. Head and tail of spine very slightly creased. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally the pages are clean with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, with cover photograph by Stephanie Hafner on the front panel. The dustwrapper has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £16.99. The dustwrapper is complete with no discernible faults. No creases, chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***223mm x 140mm. 264 pages. ***'William John Banville (born 8 Dec 1945) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas and screenwriter. Though he has been described as "the heir to Proust, via Nabokov", Banville himself maintains that W. B. Yeats and Henry James are the two real influences on his work. Banville has won the 1976 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the 2005 Booker Prize, the 2011 Franz Kafka Prize, the 2013 Austrian State Prize for European Literature and the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2007, Italy made him a Cavaliere of the Ordine della Stella d'Italia (essentially a knighthood) in 2017.' (Wiki) ***'When art historian Max Morden returns to the seaside village where he once spent a childhood holiday, he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma. Written in Banville's precise and hauntingly beautiful prose, "The Sea" is both a reconciliation with loss and an extraordinary meditation on identity and remembrance. Utterly compelling, profoundly moving and illuminating, it is unquestionably one of the finest works yet from a sublime master of language.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A thirteenth impression of the true first edition, in its original dustwrapper, in near fine condition, and SIGNED by the author. ***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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9157

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many highly acclaimed and prize-winning novels including The Sea, which won the 2005 Booker Prize. He has been awarded the Franz Kafka Prize and a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.