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Buy this book on-line GODDEN, SALENA: : MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH. [Author SIGNED copy.]SCOTLAND.EDINBURGH.CANONGATE BOOKS LTD.,2021.B ISBN 9781838851194.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author'a handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to a matching endpaper's illustration bordered illustrated bookplate affixed to half-title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,black background to front panel+spine with gold illustrated flora +fauna design - illustrated by Gill Heeley - the background adapted from 'Horn Poppy' by May Morris [V&A Museum] and the foreground with a wolf and a rabbit figures,with capitalised white letters with gold outline lettered title and capitalised,white-lettered author's name; spine/ backstrip with plain black background with capitalised gold-coloured lettered title and capitalised white-lettered author's name and publisher's gold colour illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with white background with gold outline adapted flora illustration repeated from flora design as the endpapers,with critics' black+gold coloured lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,head of spine minisculely bumped with reciprocal crease – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate repeated gold+white flora design illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xipp+1- 302pp [paginated] includes stories,a double-page illustrated chronology,author's Thank You's, Rabbit: The Last Words,6pp blanks - suggested by author as a silent memorial for those and that which have passed.Plus [unpaginated] SIGNED book-plated half-title page,title page and an epigram (non-credited). Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional, exemplary copy for its cleanliness, brightness,its lack of detracting faults and as an uncommon SIGNED debut novel. Mrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novel. Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from an eternity of her job and now seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadn't met Death in person: a black, working-class woman who shape-shifts and does her work unseen. Enthralled by her stories, Wolf begins to write Mrs Death's memoirs. Together they travel across time and place to witness deaths of past and present. As the two reflect on the losses they have experienced (or facilitated) their friendship grows into a surprising affirmation of hope, resilience and love.
All the while, despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to hold humans' fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least expect her . . . Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of GODDEN, SALENA: : MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH. [Author SIGNED copy.]. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, livres anciens, out-of-print books, antiquarian books and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |