Vernon God Little: A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death by Pierre, D.B.C. pseud Peter Finlay

London: Faber & Faber, 2006 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed); pp. [vi], 320 (last blank). A near fine copy.. First Australian. Soft Cover. F-.

New York: W.W.Norton, 2006 F/F. 8vo. original yellow cloth backed red boards in dustwrapper; pp. 328 (last blank). A fine copy.. First US. Hard Cover. F/F.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj artwork; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Bright,clean,cream paper-covered boards with black,ink blocked letters to spine/backstrip,red+yellow headband and clean,plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,1-318pp [paginated] includes prologue,3 parts comprising 26 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,b/w vignette illustrated title page,a dedication,a quotation page,author's thanks to rear,along with 8pp blanks. Booker Mann (2003 - Vernon God Little.) prize-winning author's 2nd novel. Novel charting the unlikely meeting between East and West that follows Ludmila Derev's appearance on a Russian brides… Read More