The Condition of Ice Tapa dura - 1990

Hardback. Good.

London: Secker & Warburg. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Fine Dust-Jacket,not price clipped,and with no chips or tears to the d/jThis copy has been signed and inscribed by the Author on the Title Page.Their is just a little tanning to the page edges.Uncommon signed copy of the Author's fourth novel,8vo 170pp First Edition [1990] . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1990.

Secker & Warburg, London, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Blue coloured endpapers, with blue coloured boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper (background) with light-coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Set in Switzerland as the threat of war keeps growing, and of an Englishman, Ernest Tinnion, and his childhood friend ,Hansi Kirchner (a German) race to the first mountaineers to conquer the north face of the Versucherin. "Although Tinnion tries to deny the events are unfolding around him, what happens on the mountain forces him to face the truth – about love, friendship and, most importantly, about himself. Rubbing of the backstrip edges and lower book corners. Browning of the text block edges and pages. A little rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Leer más

London: Secker and Warburg. 1990. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Interior age-toned. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 169 pages. A story about mountaineering set in Switzerland in the 1930s. This story weighs weigh survival against loyalty, neutrality against love and friendship, and recognises the ominous parallels with the looming global conflict. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.