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OLYMPIA.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Toronto: Doubleday, (1998). SIGNED first edition - True first edition of this Canadian author's first book, a collection of seven interconnected stories. Drawing on imaginary out-takes from Leni Riefenstahl's film on the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, these tell the story of post-war German immigrants. Winner of the 1998 Canadian Author's Association Jubilee Award, the first annual Danuta Gleed Award for best first collection of stories by a Canadian author, and the British Betty Trask Award for best first book of fiction by an author under 35. SIGNED by author on title page. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-385256981.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.
Book ID: 82749More details Price: $30.00 -
THE LUXURY OF EXILE.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1997). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, winner of the 1996 Betty Trask Award. Charlies Wooldridge, a "mildly shady antique dealer" has acquired an antiquarian book shop, and finds his life changed drastically when he discovered it contained a cache of letters which describe an encounter with Lord Byron. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-22404317X.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 74111More details Price: $30.00 -
BEACH BOY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Scribner, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's prize-winning (winner of the Betty Trask award, shortlisted for the Whitbread) novel, this is the story of an 8 year old boy in early 1970's Bombay. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-684-852993.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 48885More details Price: $20.00