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AKINSON**, KATE: : Behind the Scenes at the Museum

LONDON.DOUBLEDAY/THE BOOK PEOPLE LTD.,1995.

ISBN 0385405952.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[True UK,HB, 1st edn was quickly reprinted,a lower print run.An undated - possibly the same year? - but virtually,almost identical (priced @ 15.99 as opposed to 14.99) issued edn by The Book People - this example.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,montage'd colour pictorial artwork by Sarah Perkins, illustrated dw/dj,with black +brown lettering; with virtually NO shelf- wear or creasing to edges and corners - and NO nicks or tears present either.Top edges slightly thumbed in the headband area otherwise fairly clean,fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,though uniform,faint accidental,top corner creases on title page and up to pp24; otherwise would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn thus,11-322pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters,the first 12 of which each have a footnote; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a thanks page,a title separator page and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book.Author's debut novel and Whitbread Book of the Year winner. A really exceptional example in an exceptional condition and would make a very acceptable completist,stop-gap filler - because of the notorious scarcity and expense of the true UK HB 1st edn. Want more Kate ATKINSON titles? For similar and other titles,please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogue. Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father,George,was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married.Bunty had never wanted to marry George,but he was all that was left.She really wanted to be Vivien Leigh or Celia Johnson,swept off to America by a romantic hero.But here she was,stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster,with sensible and sardonic Patricia aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored,and Ruby . . . Ruby tells the story of The Family,from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children,like flowers in amber,to the startling,witty,and memorable events of Ruby's own life. 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' is a multi-faceted,richly comic,richly tragic tour-de-force,an epic family chronicle that introduces a wonderfully original narrative voice. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,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 or FREE. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the 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.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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