Accession number
PML 194456
Creator
Humphreys, Helen, 1961-
Published
London : Maia Press, 2005.
Credit line
Man Booker Prize Collection, purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Notes
Originally published: Toronto : HarperCollins, 2004.
A copy of the 1st edition of Humphreys's novel, with the original Canadian t.p. and dust jacket, distributed as a U.K. advance copy by the novel's London publisher, Maia Press.
"To be published by The Maia Press on 12th October 2005 ISBN 1 904559 15 8 £8.99 ..."--Publisher's printed sticker adhering to front panel of dust jacket.
A copy of the 1st edition of Humphreys's novel, with the original Canadian t.p. and dust jacket, distributed as a U.K. advance copy by the novel's London publisher, Maia Press.
"To be published by The Maia Press on 12th October 2005 ISBN 1 904559 15 8 £8.99 ..."--Publisher's printed sticker adhering to front panel of dust jacket.
Description
185 p. ; 21 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Man Booker Prize judge's copy, 2005: signed on half t.p. by Booker judge and chair John Sutherland: "Read July 2005 J. Sutherland".
Provenance
Booker Prize collection of Peter Straus.
Binding
Dark green boards, with pictorial dust jacket with a photograph by Peter Weber / Stone.
Classification
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