The Heather Blazing [Signed bookplate]

London: Picador, 1992. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Picador, 1992. First UK Edition. Octavo (22.2 cm); [vi], 245pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with author photo on back flap and price intact (£14.99). Boards full bound in black cloth with gilt stamping. Jacket generally creased, scuffed and rubbed with no tears and light toning to verso top margin. Board corners and spine ends bumped with light soiling and binding cocked due to binding error (final pastedown not centered on back cover. Endsheets have some black rubbing to gutters but otherwise pages clean. A Very good or better copy in like jacket.

Bookplate signed by Colm Tóibín (truncated) loosely laid in. This is the second of his novels and earned him an Encore Award in 1993. (Inventory #: 30568)