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The Cement Garden
by McEwan, Ian
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- near fine
- hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex
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About This Item
First edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 1978). Signed by the author to the title page. The author's third book and first novel, published after the short story collections 'First Love, Last Rites' and 'In Between the Sheets'.
Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some foxing to top edge and a few small spots to fore-edge, near fine otherwise and free from names and inscriptions.
The original and unclipped dust jacket is in excellent condition with some fading to spine panel, but otherwise without flaws. A near fine copy.
Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some foxing to top edge and a few small spots to fore-edge, near fine otherwise and free from names and inscriptions.
The original and unclipped dust jacket is in excellent condition with some fading to spine panel, but otherwise without flaws. A near fine copy.
Synopsis
Ian McEwan has written two collections of stories, as well as many novels and screenplays. He won the 1998 Booker Prize for Amsterdam , and was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize for Atonement .
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- Fine Book Cellar Limited ABA ILAB PBFA
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- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 1476183139047
- Title
- The Cement Garden
- Author
- McEwan, Ian
- Book condition
- second hand - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- McEwan, The Cement Garden, First, Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Signed First Editions; Ian McEwan;
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