wiese jan geddes tom (5 résultats)

Etat : COME NUOVO. London, Panther The Harvill Press cm.12,5x20, pp.160, brossura. The collapse in 1989 of the newly-built church at Perugia, killing the congregation of notables gathered for its consecration, just as they have discovered in themselves the ability to sing in perfect Latin, must surely be ascribed to the miraculous (or devilish) properties of the Madonna and Child altarpiece specially donated by the Vatican. And the quiet, unassuming archivist, whose researches had led to the rediscovery of the old Tuscan painting after so many centuries in the dark, is the very man to sift through the bundle of uncatalogued documents in the Vatican and bring to light a whole chain of dire events connected with the fourteenth-century painter, his model, and his drinking companion the village storyteller who recorded the events for posterity. Not even the archivist himself, living five hundred years later, is able to escape the dramatic influence of the picture - a portrait that at once enriches and destroys every life it touches.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Etat : Near Fine. 1st UK Edition. Near Fine, 1 Bump/VG++, Edgewear. 1st UK Edition. Novel of faith, superstition, moral decay and disaster. Author's first novel. Jacket painting by Robert Guillemette. A full condition report for this book is available on request.

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Cloth. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. Early Reprint. London, Harville, 1996. Second Impression. 8vo. Scarlett cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 159 pp. A quiet, unassuming archivist has rediscovered an old Tuscan painting, brought to light after hundreds of years of sitting in the dark. As he sifts through the bundle of uncatalogued documents in the Vatican, he finds the dire chain of events connected with a 14th century painter, his model and his drinking companion, events which will haunt him as he, too, as he comes under the dramatic influence of the picture that at once enriches and destroys every life it touches. Riveting! Dust jacket is slightly soiled. New in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Etat : New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!