"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."
— C. S. Lewis
London: Hutchinson, 1993. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 407 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. Also with a 'Vintage Reading Group Guide' for the book, trifold, loose to preliminaries. Blue ink ownership to title page, with a few marks to edges; otherwise internally clean. Moderate general external wear, with just a hint of sunning to jacket spine. Very good. 'Birdsong' is set before and during the Great War, and follows the protagonist Stephen who arrives in Amiens in 1910. The novel follows him through a series of challenging experiences, from love affairs to the war itself. Item #76274
Price: £125.00
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