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The Collection (Signed First Printing)
by Ackroyd Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0701173009
- ISBN 13
- 9780701173005
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus: London 2001 SIGNED FIRST PRINTING. A near fine book foot of spine slightly creased and slightly sprung at the head of the spine. 3 Small faint spots, 2 at the top text block edge, hardly visible and the other at the leading text block edge. Pages lightly tanned . The dust jacket is near fine with some edge creasing mostly at the foot of the spine. A first printing of a first edition book containing journalism, essays, short stories and lectures. Edited by Thomas Wright. Signed by Peter Ackroyd on the title page. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover.
Synopsis
Peter Ackroyd 's masterpiece London: The Biography was published in 2000 to critical acclaim and commercial success. An award-winning biographer and novelist, he has won a Somerset Maugham Award, the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Biography. Thomas Wright edited Table Talk Oscar Wilde , the first English anthology of Oscar Wilde’s spoken stories. He was Peter Ackroyd’s researcher on a number of his recent projects.
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- Bookseller
- In Search of Lost Time
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2158CK
- Title
- The Collection (Signed First Printing)
- Author
- Ackroyd Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0701173009
- ISBN 13
- 9780701173005
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus: London 2001
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2001-10-01
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non Fiction;
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In Search of Lost Time
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About In Search of Lost Time
We specialise in Modern First Edition Fiction books and an eclectic range of Non Fiction Books and Poetry. As we attend numerous author events many of our books are signed by the author.
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