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FALLING AWAKE
by OSWALD, Alice:
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape. 2016. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Paperback original. Signed by the author. Publisher's original card wrappers, with French flaps. Dark blue endapapers. A fine copy, tight and square. Tiny bump to upper outer corners. Light toning to the paper-stock, the contents clean throughout. Correctly priced (£10.00) to the inside flap. A nice copy. Inscribed by Alice Oswald in black ink to the half title, "To Richard / lovely to see you. / from Alice". The recipient is Dr Richard Rowland, scholar of Renaissance literature and a former lecturer at the universities of Oxford and York. Rowland, like Oswald, studied at New College, Oxford. "Falling Awake" was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot and Forward Prizes and the winner of both Costa and Griffin Poetry Prizes. "Orpheus and Tithonus appear at the beginning and end of this book, alive in an English landscape, stuck in the clockwork of their own speech, and the Hours – goddesses of the seasons and the natural apportioning of Time – are the presiding figures. The persistent conditions are flux and falling [...]" (from the jacket). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25005
- Title
- FALLING AWAKE
- Author
- OSWALD, Alice:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- London: Jonathan Cape. 2016
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About the Seller
Lucius Books
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York, North Yorkshire
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Our shop is located in central York within a stones throw of the historic Micklegate Bar and walls. We are open seven days a week and carry a high quality stock specialising in but not limited to first editions, signed copies, bound sets and childrens / illustrated books and original art. Our opening times are 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 11am to 4pm on Sundays.Lucius Books is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) trade associations. If you are unable to make it to the shop then our stock is available to view on our website at www.luciusbooks.com
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- Half Title
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- Inscribed
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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