By Lisa St Aubin de Teran
London   Jonathan Cape
8.5" by 5.5" [6], 7-254pp
A fine signed first edition of this intriguing novel, the author's presentation copy, inscribed to the publisher Tom Maschler.
By Lisa St Aubin de Teran

1983 The Slow Train to Milan

London   Jonathan Cape
8.5" by 5.5" [6], 7-254pp
A fine signed first edition of this intriguing novel, the author's presentation copy, inscribed to the publisher Tom Maschler.
£65.00
: 0.75kgs / : 712P24

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Author's Presentation Copy, First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper

The first edition of this work.

Author's presentation copy, signed by the author to Tom Maschler, to the recto to the front endpaper, 'For Tom, with many thanks, Lisa'.

Tom Maschler’s bookplate to the front pastedown. Maschler is a publisher who worked for Jonathan Cape, who discovered and published authors including Ian McEwan and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

In the original unclipped dustwrapper.

'The Slow Train to Milan' is an intriquing novel about a man who takes vigil at the sixteen year olds Lisaveta's house, and pulls her into his strange world.

Written by Lisa St Aubin de Teran, known for her autobiographical fiction.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Author's inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper is fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Fine

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