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McEwan, Ian.
The Child in Time.
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London;
Date of Publication: 1987
Stock Code: 11098
SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp220. Publishers’ black cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket with detail from Leonardo da Vinci’s “Virgin and Child with St Anne and the Infant St John the Baptist”. Hint of rubbing to spine tips and upper corners. Contents clean and crisp with signature of the Author, without dedication, to title page. Jacket a little creased, with 1.5 cm closed tear at upper front fold. A Near Fine copy in like jacket. Ian McEwan’s third novel, following the story of author Stephen after the kidnap of his daughter. The tale divided critics and won the 1987 Whitbread Novel Award. £60.00