England Away.

UK wraps,p/back Original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format in the country of its origin,and sometimes, even worldwide.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] VG+. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,red+black banded background with superimposed contemporary b/w photographic illustrated card covers externally and internally too, with an accidental,front.lower corner diagonal crease,remaining other corner tips with tiniest of paper curl,red+b/w lettering to front cover,b/w lettered very lightly faded spine/backstrip that is without any reading creases,rear cover with black lettered precis and white lettered photograph credits etc. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean without foxing/ spotting but with some very minimal toning; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - no reading creases to spine so appears unread,other than my own collation.UK wraps,p/back Original,1st edn,3-282pp [paginated] includes 4 sections but no chapter numeration: Island Race,No Man's Land,Gates of the West and Blitzkrieg: plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with blank verso,individual section separator pages each also with a blank verso. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral paperback Original,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a higher grading. Having examined England's twin obsessions - violence and sex - in 'The Football Facory' and 'Headhunters',John King completes his loose trilogy with England Away.': sex and viollence abroad,under the Union Jack. The novel works on three levels - past,present and future - as pensioner Bill Farrell remembers his war exdperiences in London, Tom Johnson fights his way through Holland and Germany for an England football match in Berlin,and Harry Roberts considers the future,fuelled by Dutch herb and German chemicals. John King's powerful new novel looks at what being English means to these three characters in the shadow of the new European superstate. Exploring stereotypes of language and patriotism, 'England Away' culminates in a unity of the tribes and a bllitzkrieg through the streets of Berlin. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.