1988, ISBN: 9780575043695

New York: Knopf, 2020. Hardcover. xiii, 556p., preface, notes, bibliography, index, 38 b&w in-text photos and illustrations throughout and 16p. of glossy color plates, very good first US… Meer...

New York: Knopf, 2020. Hardcover. xiii, 556p., preface, notes, bibliography, index, 38 b&w in-text photos and illustrations throughout and 16p. of glossy color plates, very good first US edition stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Second volume of Feaver's bigraphy and appreciation of the painter's life and works., Knopf, 2020, 0, Flammarion, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Accompanied the exhibition at the Musee Picasso, Paris. A scholarly, well produced catalogue / monograph. Publisher's hardback binding in dustwrapper. An excellent copy apart from a light crease to two pages. 239 pages, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w, biography, bibliography, etc, ENGLISH text version. Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0023979. ., Flammarion, 2005, 3, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial colour decorated upper wrap (detail of 'Interior with plant,reflection listening (self portrait)' 1967-8 by Lucian Freud),a b/w author portrait photograph rear wrap; with minimal creasing,shelf-wear to edges and light bumping/creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip. Top edge lightly dust-soiled,fore-edges clean and contents bright,tight and clean.Green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,284pp. Spanning fifty years and three continents - from pre-war Suffolk,to the Far East in the 1940's,to Oxford and America in the present day - 'Forgotten Life' is a novel of' immense scope,encompassing comedy and tragedy,joy and grief,as its three main characters try to work out the most difficult problem of all - the meaning of their own lives. Clement Winter is an analyst and Oxford don; his wife, Sheila,is the author of the bestselling Kerinth fantasy novels.His older brother Joseph has died recently,leaving behind an assortment of letters and papers,through which Clement tries to make sense of Joseph's life.Born in the1920's in a small Suffolk town and haunted from his childhood by his mother's apparent rejection of him, Joseph seizes eagerly on the war as a means of escape, serving with the Forgotten Army in Burma and,after the Japanese surrender,in Sumatra.His later life is footloose and dissatisfied.Clement and Sheila's lives,by contrast, seem calm and prosperous.But even as he tries to assimilate and understand his dead brother's life, unexpected upheavals bring forcibly to Clement's attention how little he understands his own.This major contemporary novel is the most profound and extraordinary work yet from the prolific and inventive Brian Aldiss. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1988., 5<

1988, ISBN: 9780575043695

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial colour decorated upper wrap (detail of 'Interior with plant,reflection listening (self portrait)' … Meer...

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial colour decorated upper wrap (detail of 'Interior with plant,reflection listening (self portrait)' 1967-8 by Lucian Freud); b/w author portrait photograph rear wrap; with minimal creasing,and shelf-wear to edges and light bumping/ creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top edge lightly dust-soiled,fore-edges clean and contents bright,tight and clean. Green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 284pp. Spanning fifty years and three continents - from pre-war Suffolk,to the Far East in the 1940's,to Oxford and America in the present day - Forgotten Life is a novel of immense scope, encompassing comedy and tragedy,joy and grief,as its three main characters try to work out the most difficult problem of all - the meaning of their own lives. Clement Winter is an analyst and Oxford don; his wife,Sheila,is the author of the bestselling Kerinth fantasy novels.His older brother Joseph has died recently,leaving behind an assortment of letters and papers, through which Clement tries to make sense of Joseph's life.Born in the 1920's in a small Suffolk town and haunted from his childhood by his mother's apparent rejection of him,Joseph seizes eagerly on the war as a means of escape,serving with the Forgotten Army in Burma and,after the Japanese surrender,in Sumatra.His later life is footloose and dissatisfied.Clement and Sheila's lives,by contrast,seem calm and prosperous.But even as he tries to assimilate and understand his dead brother's life,unexpected upheavals bring forcibly to Clement's attention how little he understands his own.This major contemporary novel is the most profound and extraordinary work yet from the prolific and inventive Brian Aldiss. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1988., 5<

1988, ISBN: 9780575043695

Gollancz, 1988-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good in good clipped dust jacket HB Gollancz 1988 1st, Gollancz, 1988-09-01, 3

1988, ISBN: 9780575043695

Hardcover, Very good in good clipped dust jacket HB Gollancz 1988 1st; Cover artwork may differ;, [PU: Gollancz]

ISBN: 9780575043695

Hardback. Very Good., 3