DEATH IN SUMMER

New York City, NY: Viking Press, 1998. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Viking Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 214 pages. The author's twelfth novel. One of William Trevor's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Willaim Trevor's "Death In Summer". Third Time Un-lucky, in radiant summer at that. William Trevor was a rarity in modern literature: A consummate short-story writer who was also a great novelist. "There were three deaths that summer. The first was Letitia's, shocking and sudden, leaving her husband haunted by the details of their last afternoon. No one expected that drizzling Thursday in June to signal the approach of two more tragedies - deaths that shook both the apparently blessed and the obviously afflicted. William Trevor gives us an unputdownable novel, beautifully written, and wonderfully sympathetic" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for William Trevor collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by William Trevor. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the 1999 David Cohen British Literature Prize. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER WILLIAM TREVOR TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 067088202X.