9780241102633 - Kindergarten di Rushforth, P.S. (7 risultati)

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good in Dustjacket. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. London. 1979. Hamish Hamilton. 1st English Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0241102634. 166 pages. hardcover. Jacket painting is from 'The Massacre of the Innocents' by Pieter Breugel. keywords: Europe England Literature World Literature. DESCRIPTION - From the acclaimed author of Pinkerton's Sister, a moving retelling of the Hansel and Gretel story. A woman is murdered during a terrorist attack, leaving her three sons in the care of their grandmother, Lilli. As the four prepare to celebrate Christmas without her, Lilli is drawn into a lonely world of memories, forced to confront the horrors of the Nazi persecution she managed to survive. After losing her entire family in the Holocaust, Lilli finds that it is this final death-that of her daughter-that allows her to reach out to the next generation and, with them, forge a unique path toward peace and reconciliation. inventory #6374.

A Fine Copy of the First Edition of the authors 1st book, a gruesome reworking of Grimms Hansel and Gretel hugely acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic it won the Hawthornden Prize but it was 25 years before his next novel "Pinkerton's Sister" In 2005 he collapsed and suffered a fatal heart attack on a regular walk along Blakey Ridge near his home in Castleton North Yorkshire.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Tight Firm Clean Copy. One Inscription Dated 1990 On Ffp. Green Cloth Hard Cover With Gilt Titled Spine And Very Slight Edge Wear. Complete Jacket In Similar Condition.

First Edition: Hardback, green bds., gold titles, 130 x 205 mm., 400 g., 166 pp., original pictorial dw., unclipped, fine/Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (£5.95). Author's first novel. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd very small mark, crease to back inner flap, the odd minor crease/rub to edges, a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners, a few small scratches and minor rubbing/few spots of foxing to front/back inner flaps. Boards are very good with minor pushing/bumping to corners and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are a little tanned. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Aug 01, 1979. Condizione: Gebraucht - Gut. Gebrauchsspuren am Schutzumschlag. Gebrauchsspuren am Einband. Seiten gut erhalten.