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McCOURT**, FRANK: : ANGELA'S ASHES - A MEMOIR.** [Uncorrected Proof copy.]

LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1996.

ISBN 0002254433.

UK,Royal 8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy. [Often of limited availability,the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author,editors, proofreaders and some favoured reviewers.For undecorated printed wraps,with minimal publication data imprinted - the produced/released number of copies would almost certainly be less than 500,and most probably would tend to be around 200 copies.For glossy pictorial illustrated wrappers,produced numbers are often higher than 200,but either have a scarcity to them.Often errors or earlier versions of text appear in these proofs.Versions where the text has changed considerably are obviously considered more desirable by their nature.] VG+. No owner inscrptn.Bright,clean,glossy laminated, b/w photographic illustrated wraps with blue and black lettering,with negligible shelf-wear to edges,minimal creasing to corners and reading creases to part of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges lightly aged and minimally marked,contents bright,tight and clean,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - but still a partially read/reviewed'proof read copy.UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof,1-345pp [paginated]; plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages. An ultra uncommon,uncorrected proof copy of the author's FIRST book. Want other PROOF copies? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED, BIOGRAPHY, SIGNED, NAVAL/MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY catalogues for examples. 'Angela's Ashes' is Frank mcCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s.It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering,in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums - too many children,too little money,his mother Angela barely coping as his father Malachy's drinking bouts constantly brought the family to the brink of disaster.It is a story of courage and survival against apparently overwhelming odds. Written with the vitality and resonance of a work of fiction,and a remarkable absence of sentimentality,'Angela's Ashes' is imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's distinctive humour and compassion.Out of terrible circumstances,he has created a glorious book in the tradition of Ireland's literary masters, which bears all the marks of a great classic.See my book ID rja646016 for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus (Flamingo,1999) edn/example. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy.
Not SIGNED.

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