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The Bookman's Tale: A Novel of Obsession
by Lovett, Charlie
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0670016640
- ISBN 13
- 9780670016648
- Seller
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Redmond, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Viking, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. A MINT volume in same condition UNclipped Dust Jacket. First U.S. Edition with full number line in place. A biblio-mystery - with a William Shakespeare twist. Author is/was a member of the renowned Grolier Club in New York City, being both a bibliophile and former antiquarian bookseller. FLAWLESS in all ways. 352+ pages. Pictorial dust jacket protected in a mylar jacket
Synopsis
A mysterious portrait ignites an antiquarian bookseller’s search through time and the works of Shakespeare for his lost love Guaranteed to capture the hearts of everyone who truly loves books, The Bookman’s Tale is a former bookseller’s sparkling novel and a delightful exploration of one of literature’s most tantalizing mysteries with echoes of Shadow of the Wind and A.S. Byatt's Possession . Hay-on-Wye, 1995. Peter Byerly isn’t sure what drew him into this particular bookshop. Nine months earlier, the death of his beloved wife, Amanda, had left him shattered. The young antiquarian bookseller relocated from North Carolina to the English countryside, hoping to rediscover the joy he once took in collecting and restoring rare books. But upon opening an eighteenth-century study of Shakespeare forgeries, Peter is shocked when a portrait of Amanda tumbles out of its pages. Of course, it isn’t really her. The watercolor is clearly Victorian. Yet the resemblance is uncanny, and Peter becomes obsessed with learning the picture’s origins. As he follows the trail back first to the Victorian era and then to Shakespeare’s time, Peter communes with Amanda’s spirit, learns the truth about his own past, and discovers a book that might definitively prove Shakespeare was, indeed, the author of all his plays.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Margins13 Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005652
- Title
- The Bookman's Tale: A Novel of Obsession
- Author
- Lovett, Charlie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670016640
- ISBN 13
- 9780670016648
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Books about Books, Fiction; First Edition/
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About the Seller
Margins13 Books
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Redmond, Washington
About Margins13 Books
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