Edité par Panther The Harvill Press, London,, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1860461492 ISBN 13 : 9781860461491
Vendeur : FIRENZELIBRI SRL, Reggello, FI, Italie
brossura. Etat : COME NUOVO. 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. cm.12,5x20, pp.160, London, Panther The Harvill Press cm.12,5x20, pp.160, brossura.
Edité par Harvill Panther, The Harvill Press, London, 2001
ISBN 10 : 1860468144 ISBN 13 : 9781860468148
Vendeur : Librería Ofisierra, Galapagar, MAD, Espagne
Paperback. Etat : Good condition. Libro.
Edité par HARVILL PANTHER / THE HARVILL PRESS london, 2000
ISBN 10 : 1860468179 ISBN 13 : 9781860468179
Couverture souple. Etat : bon. RO20251488: 2000. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 375 pages - en anglais - une planche photo en noir/blanc. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Edité par Harvill Press (Panther), London, 1997
ISBN 10 : 1860463495 ISBN 13 : 9781860463495
Vendeur : Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
Original Wraps. Etat : USED_NEARFINE. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket, as Issued. First UK Paperback Edition. First impression of the first UK paperback edition with full number-string sequence including the no. "1": 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1. Translated from the German by Michael Hulse. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. ***Near fine in illustrated card wrappers. Top edge of text-block slightly marked. A touch of fading to the front cover along the spine. Interior pages clean. Extremities of wrappers very slightly rubbed. With a neat ownership name to the top of the inside of the front cover. No reading creases to spine. Spine tight. Wrappers bright. ***198 mm x128 mm. 237 pages plus eight pages of publisher's adverts to rear. ***'The Emigrants at first appears simply to document the lives of four Jewish exiles or emigres in the twentieth century. Gradually, as Sebald's precise, almost dreamlike prose works its magic, the four narrations merge into one overwhelming evocation of exile and loss.' (Quote from rear wrapper blurb). ***The first work by W, G. Sebald to be translated into English. Published initially as a hardback in 1996 by Harvill Press, this is the first impression of the first UK paperback edition. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.