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CHATWIN**, BRUCE: : ON THE BLACK HILL

LONDON.CAPE,1982.

ISBN 022409805.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,absence of publisher's price so NO clip to dw/dj - these generally believed to be an export edn,distributed before the UK trade issue.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around,colour scenic landscape dw/dj (reproducing a view of the artist's home, Penkerrig,by the late 18thC Radnorshire painter Thomas Jones) with black-outlined, capitalised white and yellow lettering - title+author respectively - to front panel,black-outlined, capitalised lettered author+title to spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/ backstrip,an approx. vertical 2" closed tear at top edge of front panel of dw/dh in the vicinity of the gutter's fold/crease but strengthened internally on reverse of dw/dj - no other nicks, tears or splits present.Some inevitable but minimal,superficial scoring/indents to either panel but without penetration to boards beneath. Top edges lightly aged/toned with minimal, faint,sporadic foxing,fore-edges brighter and cleaner without any foxing; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, possibly unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,pale green cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white sets of endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-248pp [paginated],last page of novel unpaginated with a blank verso, includes L (50) chapters; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages,a dedication,with blank verso,prose extract with blank verso,and to the rear 4pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading. Author' third book and his first novel, and winner of the Whitbread Literary Award,1982.A curious book for Chatwin to have written,given that he spent most of his short life traveling and then writing about it. It concerns eighty years in the lives of Benjamin and Lewis,identical twins from the Welsh border country,who remain for that entire period either within or near an isolated farm on which they live and subsequently work.Apart from a brief period in the Army,from which Benjamin is dishonourably discharged,they avoid the draft for the First World War,they never marry,and after the death of their parents, they sleep in the parents' bed for over forty years. A traditional rural drama: a hot-headed father who mistreats his educated wife and disrupts her attempts at schooling the twins,rural family feuds involving violence,a suicide,army brutality,the demise of a noble family due to corruption. 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! ** N.B. ALL 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/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 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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

Chatwin, Bruce : On the Black Hill

Jonathan Cape, London, 1982

8vo.. Just about fine copy in non price-clipped dw.. Book Condition: About Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: About Fine

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