London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery featuring Liverpool solicitor Harry Devlin, who has been asked to advise the board of a local arts charity. INSCRIBED on the title page "To ... Hope you enjoy this one! best wishes" (I find all of the Harry Devlin mysteries enjoyable reading and recommend this series). Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-340718218.
London: Piatkus Crime, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Liverpool solicitor Harry Devlin. SIGNED on the title page. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-7499-0111X.
Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket. (slight spine slant)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author Caryl Phillips explores three cities which were the points of the triangle forming the trans-Atlantic slave trade: Liverpool, constructed on the slave trade, now denying its past; the Ghanaian city of Elmina, site of an important slave embarkation fort in Africa; and Charleston, South Carolina, known as the entry point to America where one-third of black slaves were bought and sold. In this wide-ranging meditation on the legacy of slavery and the impact of the African diaspora on the life of a place and its people, Phillips interweaves his own observations with the stories of figures from the past. Born in St Kitts, Phillips was brought…
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author Caryl Phillips explores three cities which were the points of the triangle forming the trans-Atlantic slave trade: Liverpool, constructed on the slave trade, now denying its past; the Ghanaian city of Elmina, site of an important slave embarkation fort in Africa; and Charleston, South Carolina, known as the entry point to America where one-third of black slaves were bought and sold. In this wide-ranging meditation on the legacy of slavery and the impact of the African diaspora on the life of a place and its people, Phillips interweaves his own observations with the stories of figures from the past. Born in St Kitts, Phillips was brought up in Leeds, England, educated in Oxford, and now lives in New York. ISBN: 0-375-401105.