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WAITING FOR SUNRISE.**

WAITING FOR SUNRISE.**

WAITING FOR SUNRISE.**
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WAITING FOR SUNRISE.**

by BOYD**, WILLIAM:

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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FINE./FINE.
ISBN 10
1408817748
ISBN 13
9781408817742
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monochrome scenic photographic illustrated dw/dj with some minimal colour tinting to photograph,with red,black,pale yellow and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Some miniscule,light rubbing to both rear corners of dw/dj,and similar to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean,fore-edges slightly less aged than the top edges.A slight mark to top edges from a faint and diluted mudsplash (internally) to pp158/9 top edge.Bright and generally clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a yellow+white speckled headband,and immaculate plain white endpapers.Internally and centrally to rear lower edge of dw/dj,is a couple of water(?) splashes/stains with some paper residue to concomitant spots on board.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3- 353pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 comprising 25,12,5 and 21 chapters respectively.Plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,a dedication,epigrams,Pts separator pages and to the rear,a note about the author,a note on the type and 2pp blanks.
Described hard but fairly and honestly - reads worse than is! See also my book ID rja590216 for another example of this same title and edition.
Moving from Vienna to London's West End,from the battlefields of France (WW1) to hotel rooms in Geneva,'Waiting for Sunrise' is a feverish and mesmerising journey into the human psyche,a beautifully observed portrait of wartime Europe,a plot-twisting thriller and a literary tour de force from the bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart',
'Restless' and 'Ordinary Thunderstorms'.
Want more William BOYD titles? For similar or other UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edns,please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogue.
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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
WAITING FOR SUNRISE.**
Author
BOYD**, WILLIAM:
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
FINE.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
1408817748
ISBN 13
9781408817742
Publisher
LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,2012.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
2012
Keywords
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