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WRIGHT, GILLI: : Double Vision. [Author,association(?) SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON CHILDREN'S BOOKS,1986.

ISBN 0241119960.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but author's association copy - believed to her husband,author James Wright - her handwritten,black ink inscrptn as follows: 'To Jamie (To replace the missing copy) A very old* friend Love Gilli *Indeed,the 'oldest person in the whole world' ! ' - to front free endpaper,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Alun Hood,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges slightly toned,with some faint,sporadic dust-soiling flecks/spots,fore-edges are less toned and are brighter and cleaner without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean with slight page-edge toning,solid and sound - else near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and generally clean,plain white eps - SIGNED front free endpaper excepted and small smudges to rear free endpaper+pastedown too.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,[association] SIGNED,1st edn,1-118pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters,b/w facsimile reproductions interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] SIGNED front free endpaper,half-title,title page with dedication to its reverse and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. Author's debut novel. Sam,haunted by the belief that he was responsible for his father's death,cannot face school or strangers in the street.He hides from the world in the small flat that he and his mother share in a new tower block.Mrs Leonard is out at work all day - aside from visits from his home tuition teacher - Sam is very much on his own. But a birthday gift of binoculars extends Sam's narrow vision.From his balcony he observes the occupants of the large houses on the hill and becomes deeply involved in their separate existences.There is 'Mr Reader' and his sinister visitor; the old mysterious crone . . . and above all there is 'Jessica',a child apparently as lonely and unhappy as Sam himself. Isolated on the ninth floor,Sam reconstructs and records the lives of the people on the hill through daily surveillance.And,as fiction becomes reality in Sam's mind,he is persuaded that only he can save Jessica. But when Sam confronts her at last,he finds that all is not as it seems. . . . Gilli Wright,a talented new author (then 1986),has written an unusual and arresting first novel. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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. ** 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,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author dedicated.

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