About this title: A writer, who has lived for years in London, reluctantly acknowledges his growing obsession with the Ewyas Valley on the border of England and Wales. Commissioned to write about Walter Savage Landor's disastrous attempt to set up a senatorial estate around Llanthony Abbey, he is sidetracked by more recent conspiracies: a bizarre series of twenty-seven suicides in the secret defence industries and unreliable witnesses who claim to have uncovered the truth about the Thorpe case. A burnt-out media burn called Kaporal, employed to research these events, sends the narrator taped reports from his ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781862070189ISBN:1862070180
Description: Good in Good jacket. 166-Z-Add: Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Dave McKean. Fine in Near Fine jacket. ----------hardcover, Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781862070189ISBN:1862070180
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781862074880ISBN:1862074887
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Edition: Second Print
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781862070189ISBN:1862070180
Description: McKean, Dave. Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Dreams, history, and reality blend in this obsessive novel. Lovely jacket by McKean, as well as interior illustrations. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: GRANTA, London, U.K.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781862070189ISBN:1862070180
Description: McKEAN, DAVE. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. HB-1st. edition-NF/NF (front bottom corners lightly bumped)-Another fine novel of visionary obsession from the pen of Iain Sinclair-Features cover and interior art by Dave McKean. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth, Gilt Lettering
Publisher: Granta Books, London
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781862070189ISBN:1862070180
Description: Dave McKean. Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Sinclair goes to Wales. First impression of first UK edition. Illustrated by Dave McKean. Book and jacket in very good condition. Book is black cloth boards w/ gilt lettering to spine, no bumps, marks or inscriptions, clean & tight throughout. Jacket is not price-clipped, mild creases around spine otherwise very good. NB: Seller has lots more Sinclair-please browse our catalogue. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 2001-09-09
ISBN-13:9781862070189ISBN:1862070180
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First UK edition. A London writer is commissioned to write a local history of a failed Welsh commune but gets distracted by more recent mysteries…Sinclair's first novel after an 8-year hiatus and the first to be set outside London. All of our first editions are first printings. Dustwrappers are protected with clear archival wraps. We ship via UPS whenever possible-please select 'expedited' shipping. read more
Edition: F
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781862070189ISBN:1862070180
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) First British (and true first) Edition. By the author of WHITE CHAPPELL and LIGHT OUT FOR THE TERRITORY. Fine/Fine. Signed by Sinclair. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books, London
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781862070189ISBN:1862070180
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Sinclair on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Image is of the book described; not a stock photo. read more
Description: Very Good. New Ed. 2002 Paperback. Orders usually ship on or before next business day. May have highlighting. We send best copy available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 09/04/2001
ISBN-13:9781862070189ISBN:1862070180
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 07/03/2002
ISBN-13:9781862074880ISBN:1862074887
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781862074880ISBN:1862074887
Description: New. The narrator is accused of one of the murders that Kaporal is researching. Incarcerated in an asylum on the River Usk, long suppressed memories of his childhood in Wales return to haunt him. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781862070189ISBN:1862070180
Description: Very Good in excellent jacket. First Edition. Family business dispatching books to all over the world within 24/48 hours. Next day delivery and gist wrapping are available. read more
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