2007, ISBN: 9780224017626

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Impression ("First published 1980") of Barnes's first novel. Crown 8vo (197 x 125mm): 176pp. Publisher's steel-gr… Mehr…

London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Impression ("First published 1980") of Barnes's first novel. Crown 8vo (197 x 125mm): 176pp. Publisher's steel-grey cloth, spine stamped in silver, grey end papers; black typographic dust jacket (priced-clipped) printed in metallic silver and white. Signed book plate of Otis Skinner Blodget (1930-2007), only child of actress and author Cornelia Otis Skinner, laid in. Virtually pristine and apparently unread, a very fine copy. Rees A1a. In 1980, after a prolonged apprenticeship (on staff at the Oxford English Dictionary, reviewing books for the Times Literary Supplement, and as literary editor of the New Statesman), Barnes published this short novel, a charming Bildungsroman centered on a young man growing up in London's northern suburbs (in 1956, Barnes's family moved from Leicester to Northwood, a suburb served by London Underground's Metropolitan line and thus the "Metroland" of his title), obsessed with France (where Barnes spent a year as an English teacher in Rennes), and his coming to terms with life. Winner of the Somerset Maugham award, given to an outstanding first novel. Filmed in 1997 with Christian Bale and Emily Watson. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.)., Jonathan Cape, 1980, 5<

1980, ISBN: 9780224017626

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E-130: Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Jonathan Cape, London. 1980. 176 pages. Signed by Julian Barnes … Mehr…

E-130: Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Jonathan Cape, London. 1980. 176 pages. Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page. First Edition/First Printing. Craig Dodd designed silver lettered DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in bright silver lettered grey cloth. Bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. The adolescent Christopher and his soul mate Toni had sneered at the stifling ennui of Metroland, their cosy patch of suburbia on the Metropolitan line. They had longed for Life to begin - meaning Sex and Freedom - to travel and choose their own clothes. Then Chris, at thirty, starts to settle comfortably into bourgeois contentment himself. Luckily, Toni is still around to challenge such backsliding. Only the author of Flaubert's Parrot could give us a novel that is at once a note-perfect rendition of the angsts and attitudes of English adolescence, a giddy comedy of sexual awakening in the 1960s, and a portrait of the accommodations that some of us call "growing up" and others "selling out." E-130; 7.9 X 5.2 X 1.0 inches; 176 pages ., Jonathan Cape, 1980, 3<

1980, ISBN: 9780224017626

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Jonathan Cape, 1980. First British (and true first) Edition (first printing). The debut novel by the celebrated author of FLAUBERT'S PARROT and THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, the story of … Mehr…

Jonathan Cape, 1980. First British (and true first) Edition (first printing). The debut novel by the celebrated author of FLAUBERT'S PARROT and THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, the story of two young men from the area of London served by "the Metropolitan Line" whose cynical youth leads to a realistic adulthood. Fine/Fine. As usual, the dust jacket is price-clipped with a "J. Cape 7.95" price sticker attached. Signed by Barnes on the title page.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine., Jonathan Cape, 1980, 5<

ISBN: 9780224017626

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Pengui… Mehr…

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Penguin Random House, 2.5<