HOLROYD,MICHAEL:: A DOG'S LIFE.[Author SIGNED copy.]

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HOLROYD,MICHAEL: : A DOG'S LIFE.[Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.MACLEHOSE PRESS/quercus,2014.

ISBN 9781848665224.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Originally and first published in USA (Holt,Rinehart and Winston) in 1969.The artwork used for the US edn is also used for this the later UK edn.First published in UK (MacLehose] 2014,UK 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,so 1st edn thus.] FINE+/FINE+. Virtually as new - wrapped and protected from day of purchase/issue after the signing,so no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Instead,author's handwritten,black ink inscrptn, dedication and signature: 'To John With best wishes Michael Holroyd' to title page.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,original colour pictorial artwork by Seymour Chwast,illustrated upper panel of dw/dj, with brown,yellow,black and red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark green cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale grey eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,11-237pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters,a postscript,plus [unpaginated] half title page,author SIGNED+dedicated title page,content list/ table,an epigram,title separator page and a potted biography of the author as last page. Eustace is the undisputed patriach of the Farquhar family - that is,he would be if everyone left him alone so he could get on with things,like shaving,and finding his way downstairs. It's not Henry's fault that he snores and that his marriage has collapsed.Or that he failed to get into the cricket team.But he has made up for it and is now a faster motorist than ever he was a bowler. He is a good father too,and one day,when he wakes up from day-dreaming,his son Kenneth will thank him. It is good that Anne sleeps with a whistle in her mouth - how else could she terrify the burglars? As for Mathilda,she would love to like her mother,but prefers going for long walks with the dog.But what will happen to them all if the dog dies? The story is followed by a devastating postscript.Placing this eccentric family in isolation after two world wars and at the beginning of our aggressive financial culture,it turns comedy into tragedy.'A Dog's Life' brings a very personal addition to Michael Holroyd's remarkable career. Since April 2013,and again in March 2015, and again in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To John With best wishes Michael Holroyd'

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