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The Clothes On Their Backs
Linda Grant
2008
Virago : London
9" by 6"
[3], 2-293pp, [1]
SUMMARY
A signed, first edition of Linda Grant's Booker Prize shortlisted novel.
Author's Presentation Copy,First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,Signed,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Fine
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
This signed first edition, first impression, of acclaimed novelist and non-fiction writer Linda Grant's novel 'The Clothes On Their Backs' which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize and won The South Bank Show award in 2008. The novel set in 1970s London and follows a young girl of refugee parents who are violently unwelcoming towards a glamourous uncle that reappears in their lives, exploring how everyone chooses more than just clothes to wear.
First edition, first impression with no other impressions stated, with unclipped dustwrapper. Presentation copy signed by the author to the title page with the following inscription: 'This morning for the first time in many years, I passed the shop on Seymour Street', the first line of the book, dated December 14 2008.
A wise and tender work of the complications that accompany the fierceness of life, Linda Grant's 'The Clothes On Their Backs' is a novel about survival.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original cloth hardback binding, with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Fine Fine
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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