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EXCURSIONS IN THE REAL WORLD [Memoirs]. With Illustrations by Lucy Willis

EXCURSIONS IN THE REAL WORLD [Memoirs]. With Illustrations by Lucy Willis

EXCURSIONS IN THE REAL WORLD [Memoirs]. With Illustrations by Lucy Willis
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EXCURSIONS IN THE REAL WORLD [Memoirs]. With Illustrations by Lucy Willis

by Trevor, William

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London: (London Limited Editions) Hutchinson, 1993. First edition, signed; signed issue, limited to 150 numbered copies, specially bound, signed by William Trevor. pp. xviii, 202, illustrated. 8vo. A fine copy in unprinted glassine dust jacket [this signed issue was not published with a printed dust jacket]. First edition, signed; signed issue, limited to 150 numbered copies, specially bound, signed by William Trevor. pp. xviii, 202, illustrated. 8vo.

Synopsis

William Trevor was born in Cork in 1928. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and has spent a great part of his life in Ireland. Since his first novel, The Old Boys , was awarded the Hawthorne Prize in 1964, he has received many honours for his work including the Royal Society of Literature Award, the allied Irish Banks Prize for Literature and the Whitbread Prize for fiction. He is a member of the Irish Academy of Letters and he has bee awarded an Honorary CBE. His most recent books are Two Lives and The Collected Stories of William Trevor . Lucy Willis works principally in watercolour an etching and is one of the most versatile of contemporary British artists. Her growing reputation as a portraitist in oils was confirmed in 1992 when she won first prize in the BP National Portrait Gallery Award.

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James Cummins Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
EXCURSIONS IN THE REAL WORLD [Memoirs]. With Illustrations by Lucy Willis
Author
Trevor, William
Format/Binding
Pp. xviii, 202, illustrated. 8vo
Book Condition
Used - A fine copy in unprinted glassine dust jacket [this signed issue was not published with a printed dust jacket]
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Edition
First edition, signed; signed issue, limited to 150 numbered cop
Publisher
(London Limited Editions) Hutchinson
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1993
Keywords
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