Sacred Hunger ( Signed By the Author With A Loose ‘Joint Winner Booker Prize 1992’ Sticker)
by Unsworth, Barry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The First UK Printing published by Hamish Hamilton in 1992. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. A tight copy free from inscriptions and erasures. A little age toning to the text block but the pages remain clean. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. It bears the correct price of £14.99. No fading of colouring to the spine with just a little rubbing and creasing at the spine ends. The wrapper design looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been Signed by the Author to the title page. Accompanied by a loose 'Joint Winner Booker Prize 1992' Sticker (which has not been applied and remains on its original backing). The joint Winner of the 1992 Booker Prize. Scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Synopsis
Sacred Hunger is a historical novel by Barry Unsworth first published in 1992. It was joint winner of the Booker Prize that year, sharing the position with Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. The story is set in the mid 18th century and centers around the Liverpool Merchant, a slave ship employed in the triangular trade, a central trade route in the Atlantic slave trade.
Reviews
It was a great read, full of truth and realism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio821
- Title
- Sacred Hunger ( Signed By the Author With A Loose ‘Joint Winner Booker Prize 1992’ Sticker)
- Author
- Unsworth, Barry
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Unsworth, Booker
Terms of Sale
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
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About the Seller
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
About Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Erasures
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
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- Fine
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....