Search Results: Booker Prize from N K Burchill Rana Books

Paperback. Virago. UK. 1997. Large format Paperback. First thus. Clean bright covers with slight rub to tips. Creases to spine which is very faded. Fronet endpaper has previous owners name in ink otherwise clean and unmarked. Overall a solid Paperback. Based on facts and somewhat with a fictionalised character who investigates a crime for which the wrong person has been imprisoned. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this book is from the author of 'The Handmaid's Tale'. Alias Grace. Margaret Atwood. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition of this book. Hardcover with dj. Dj is clean, bright, unclipped with good edges - there is a tiny nick to one tip. First state dj. Light scratch to back, but overall a handsome dj. Contents are clean and unmarked. FIRST STATE dj with no Booker Prize Winner logo. Booker Prize winner. 'Amsterdam' by Ian McEwan. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. Jonathan Cape.2001. UK. Hardback with dj. First edition of this book. Full number line. A handsome copy, not price clipped. Clean, bright dj with slight rub to tips - and clean, bright contents. 'Atonement' by Ian McEwan was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and went on to be made into a highly successful movie with Keira Knightley and John McEvoy. Not exlib and sent with care.

Hardback. Jonathan Cape. UK. 1969. Hardback with dj. First edition. A smart copy in smart green boards with gilt titles to spine. Dj is clean and bright and unclipped with the slight crease to top edge . There is a slight hint of lean to the book but overall very good. Contents clean and bright. Top edge is pink. Shortlisted for Booker Prize in 1970 and winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Eva Trout lives life in her own way after inheriting her father's money on his death. Elizabeth Bowen. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Paperback. Triad Panther. Granada. UK. 1985. Paperback. First thus. Winner of the Booker Prize. Covers are bright with the 'Winner of the Booker Prize' logo to the front. Creases to front cover. Bright spine. Please note p.87 has a little loss to bottom. Contents are clean and bright except for ghost of price in pencil to front. A love story. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. Hamish Hamilton 1982.' An Ice Cream War ' by William Boyd. The book is in Hardback with d.j. First edition, first print. Dj is clean and bright and unclipped. Price has old label over it but price can still be seen. Gift message to ffep. Slight lean and a little dusty to fore-edge of text block. From the author of 'A Good Man in Africa'. Booker Prize shortlist/shortlisted. Not exlib etc and packed and sent with care.

Paperback. Canongate. UK. 2011. Large format paperback in French Flaps, first edition - 1 - in number line. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2011. Covers are bright with a knock to bottom of dj, wear to bottom right tip and text block and crease to spine with touch of rub to other tips. Overall, covers are good and contents are clean and unmarked. The novel is categorised as 'historical fiction' as it does derive from real life events. Not exlib and packed and posted with care.

Hardback. Picador. UK. 2015. Hardback with dj. First edition. An epic novel from the author, reaching Man Booker shortlist. Novel follows four friends throughout their lives, with a focus on Jude, who with a very successful career cannot overcome a horrific past. Dj is clean and bright and unclipped. There is a small, clean nick to base of dj at spine otherwise with very good edges and tips. Contents clean and unmarked. Smart red boards and decorative endpapers. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. John Murray, London, 2007. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First impression. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize .No tanning to page edges. Not price-clipped. Not exlib. Packed and posted with care.

Paperback. Faber and Faber. UK. 2019. Paperback. First published in 2018, this is the first edition in this format with the 'Winner of the 2018 Costa Novel Award' strapline to front cover Clean, bright covers and unbroken spine. Clean, bright, contents. Unread. Sally Rooney's 'Normal People' was longlisted for the Booker Prize and is set in the West of Ireland where Connell and Marianne, two vastly different people, start their complex relationship. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Paperback. Harper Perenial. UK. 2009. Paperback. First in this Harper Perenial format. Philip Hensher's 'The Northern Clemency was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2008. Spine is creased, front cover has a partial ring mark which has left scrape marks. Contents are lightly age toned but clean of marks etc. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Paperback. Flamingo. UK. 1988. 'Offshore' by Penelope Fitzgerald. This book is a Paperback and is a First edition in this format. Originally published in 1979 by William Collins & Co in 1979. 'Offshore' by Penelope Fitzgerald won the Booker Prize in 1979 and was her third novel. This copy has one small library stamp to the title page. The covers are a little creased. Sellotape has been used to between the back of the front cover and front endpaper to secure the binding which is good. Someone has cut out a small newspaper article about the author and stuck it to the first page. The contents are otherwise clean and unmarked.

Hardback. Reef' by Romesh Gunesekera. Granta Books London in association with Penguin Books India. Hardback with dj. 1994. First edition. Bright, unclipped dj with price of Rs 125 to inner front flap. Bright unfaded spine. Small mark to back cover. Strong black boards and clean, unmarked contents. Booker Prize shortlisted. Romesh Gunesekera is a Sri Lankan-born British author. The novel takes place in Sri Lanka and concerns the friendship between a young chef who has had to leave his home and a marine biogist caught up with the coastal erosion of a Sri Lankan Island.Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Paperback. Penguin Books. UK. 1978. 'Saville' by David Storey. This book is a Paperback. Former Booker Prize winner. David Storey. 'Saville'. First edition in this format. A neat copy with minor creasing to front cover. Nice solid and complete spine. Creases to back cover. Contents are gently age toned otherwise clean and unmarked. David Storey won the 1976 Booker Prize with this novel.

Paperback. Oneworld. UK. 2017. Paperback. Not the true first UK edition but first of the 2017 subsequent edition. Winner of the Man Booker Prize and the first USA citizen to win that prize. Clean, bright covers and unbroken spine all in very good condition. French flaps. Clean, bright contents. A very clever satire where slavery and segregation are re-instated in a USA town - an outrageous plan conceived by an equally outraged son of a police officer killed in a shoot-out in 'agrarian ghetto' of Dickens. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. Secker. 2005. Hardback with dj. First edition. 'Slow Man' by J M Coetzee. Author won Booker Prize for 'The Life and Times of Michael K'. Booker Prize shortlisted by Nobel Prize for Literature winner. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. Tinder Press. UK. 2021. 'The Sweetness of Water' by Nathan Harris. This book is a First edition. Hardback with dj. Bright, sharp, unclipped dj with very light rub to bottom of some parts of dj. Clean, bright contents are unmarked and smart blue boards. Longlisted for the Booker Prize, Nathan Harriss' novel 'The Sweetness of Water' is set towards the end of the American Civil War. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. Harmony Books. USA. 1991. Hardback with dj. A smart copy of this 'First American Edition' of 'Time's Arrow' by Martin Amis. Bright, unclipped dj is very slightly rubbed to top and bottom of spine otherwise very good. Price of $18.00 to inner front flap. Photograph of author to back cover in black and white. Shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, the novel is an account of a doctor's life lived in reverse. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Paperback. Flamingo. Fontana. UK. 1984. Paperback. First in this edition. First published in 1970, 'Troubles' by J. G. Farrell is a book that was winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and then in 2010, awarded The Lost Man Booker Prize. 'Troubles', set in 1919 portrays the eroding of British Rule in Ireland with its setting in a once magnificant and decaying hotel. The struggle for Irish independance is about to explode. PLEASE NOTE: Covers bear age spotting to white areas of front cover and age spots to fore-edge of text block. Faint staining to top of some page edges and to top of text block. There is a name to front endpaper. The book is, given the issues described, a solid copy with lovely cover illustration by Glynn Boyd Harte.

Paperback. Troubles' by J G Farrell. This book is published by Flamingo. Fontana. UK. 1984. Paperback. First in this edition. First published in 1970, 'Troubles' by J. G. Farrell is a book that was winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and then in 2010, awarded The Lost Man Booker Prize. 'Troubles', set in 1919 portrays the eroding of British Rule in Ireland with its setting in a once magnificant and decaying hotel. The struggle for Irish independance is about to explode. . The white areas of the cover are lightly dusty to areas otherwise very good with good edges and tips. Nice solid and complete spine. Contents: Age spotting to rear of covers and a few pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Please note: page 287 is knocked and creased at the bottom with an area of darkening but does not affect text. The book is,overall, a solid copy with lovely cover illustration by Glynn Boyd Harte.