The Cement Garden - 1st Edition/1st Printing by McEwan, Ian - 1978

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1978 ex library copy, DW under plastic sleeve, front fold in flap has been cut off and is missing, endpapers marked with issue stamps ( front fep completely filled) biographical blurb from front flap pasted on to half title, a few library stamps throughout, 138pp good reading copy only. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library.

First Edition, first Impression of Ian McEwan's first novel (preceded by two short story collections: First Love, Last Rites and In Between the Sheets). 8vo, green cloth with gilt titles on spine, grey end papers, illustrated dust jacket with author portrait on rear. Unclipped dust jacket priced £3.50 inside. 138pp. Foxing to page edges, hence the price and condition status. Still a nice book and otherwise clean. 'In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves.' A modern classic.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1978 First UK issue, price clipped dust jacket with slight fade to spine, light crease to the fold in flaps otherwise near fine, book has some minor foxing to the closed edges, a tidy unmarked copy of the first edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.No flaws to speak of.

Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1978-09-28. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st 1978 HB Cape; Very good in Very good unclipped and unsunned jacket; jacket has slight abrasions to top edge but is otherwise mint; inside book has no stamps, library marks, owner inscriptions or foxing; excellent copy of McEwan's first novel

London: Jonathan Cape. A near fine UK first edition, first printing hardback (minor spotting to textblock) in a near fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1978.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Impression of McEwan's first novel (preceded by two short story collections: First Love, Last Rites and In Between the Sheets). 8vo: 138pp. Publisher's forest green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey end papers, illustrated dust jacket priced £3.50. Signed by the author without inscription on the title page. A superlative copy (apparently unread), virtually pristine. Filmed by Andrew Birkin in 1993, with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Andrew Robertson. The story "concerns a family of abandoned children coming to terms with life without their parents. It is about their simultaneous growth into adults and regression as children . . . [and] brings to mind many other novels concerned with children isolated from adults, most notably The Lord of the Flies. But where Golding's children run wild, and the reader is reminded of how the adult world provides checks on their natural aggression, McEwan's grow closer, and the reader is reminded of… Read More

London : Cape, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Book is not price-clipped.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 138 pages; Physical description. : 138 p. ; 21cm. Subject: English fiction - 20th century -- Orphans -- Fiction. England -- Fiction. Summary: In this tour de force of psychological unease--now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack--McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting--or denying. ""Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies.""