The Book of Fame
by Lloyd JONES
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0719522943
- ISBN 13
- 9780719522949
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with the number "1" to the copyright page to indicate a true first print, a paperback original. The UK edition was issued as a paperback only. Very Good condition with no inscriptions.
In August 1905 a party of young men set sail for England. Amongst them were ordinary farmers and bootmakers, a miner and a bank clerk. Together they made up the All Blacks, an unknown rugby team from Auckland, New Zealand. And they had come to show the world what they could do. What they didn't know was that they were bound for fame. The first game was in Devon, 'played in golden farm light, a surprising victory'. By December they had become the 'wonderful All Blacks' who had beaten Yorkshire 40-0, England 15-0 and Ireland 15-0. People stopped them in the streets. In this melding of true history and imagination, Lloyd Jones has recreated an unforgettable journey from innocence to celebrity.
In August 1905 a party of young men set sail for England. Amongst them were ordinary farmers and bootmakers, a miner and a bank clerk. Together they made up the All Blacks, an unknown rugby team from Auckland, New Zealand. And they had come to show the world what they could do. What they didn't know was that they were bound for fame. The first game was in Devon, 'played in golden farm light, a surprising victory'. By December they had become the 'wonderful All Blacks' who had beaten Yorkshire 40-0, England 15-0 and Ireland 15-0. People stopped them in the streets. In this melding of true history and imagination, Lloyd Jones has recreated an unforgettable journey from innocence to celebrity.
Synopsis
LLOYD JONES was born in New Zealand in 1955. His bestselling novel Mister Pip won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2007 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His earlier novels (now republished by Vintage Canada) include Hand Me Down World , Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance and Biografi . Lloyd Jones lives in Wellington.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240
- Title
- The Book of Fame
- Author
- Lloyd JONES
- Format/Binding
- Original illustrated card covers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Prinitng
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0719522943
- ISBN 13
- 9780719522949
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Rugby Union, Sport, All Blacks, New Zealand, 1905, Tour, Journey
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20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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