The Siege ++++ SUPERB SIGNED FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK ++++
by Ismail Kadare
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine /Fine
- ISBN 10
- 184767030X
- ISBN 13
- 9781847670304
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Canongate. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback in a fine dustjacket fitted with a protective and removable mylar sleeve - My books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - In the early fifteenth century, as winter falls away, the people of Albania know that their fate is sealed. They have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire, and war is now inevitable. Soon enough dust kicked up by Turkish horses is spotted from a citadel. Brightly coloured banners, hastily constructed minarets and tens of thousands of men fill the plain below. From this moment on, the world is waiting to hear that the fortress has fallen. The Siege tells the enthralling story of the weeks and months that follow - of the exhilaration and despair of the battlefield, the constantly shifting strategies of war, and those whose lives are held in balance, from the Pasha himself to the technicians, artillerymen, astrologer, blind poet and harem of women that accompany him. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR via a bookplate. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2008.
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- Bookseller
- Zeitgeist Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006090
- Title
- The Siege ++++ SUPERB SIGNED FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK ++++
- Author
- Ismail Kadare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 184767030X
- ISBN 13
- 9781847670304
- Publisher
- Canongate
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 2008
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