Buy this book on-line McCOURT**, FRANK: : ANGELA'S ASHES - A MEMOIR OF A CHILDHOOD.**LONDON.FLAMINGO,1999. ISBN 0002254433.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally and first published in UK,by HarperCollins Publishers in 1996 - see my book ID rja28778.This edn published 1999 - so 1st edn thus - and was issued to co-incide with publication of 'Tis, the continuing and 2nd part of his autobiography.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour pictorial illustrated and montage'd photographic illustrated dw/dj, with cream, brown and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges with very light toning but bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - bottom front corner with a minimal dent excepted - publisher's original plain brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale yellow endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11 -363pp [paginated] includes 19(XIX) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication, acknowledgements,title separator page,and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book.
'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 also my book ID rja28778 for a UK, Royal 8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy.
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*q52*.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.ISBN 0002254433.Autobiography. Irish Catholic Childhood.New York_1930's_ 40's.Limerick slums_childhood.Brooklyn tenement_childhood _1930's.Author's debut book.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally and first published in UK,by HarperCollins Publishers in 1996 - see my book ID rja28778.This edn published 1999 - so 1st edn thus - and was issued to co-incide with publication of 'Tis,the continuing and 2nd part of his autobiography.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour pictorial illustrated and montage'd photographic illustrated dw/dj, with cream,brown and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top +fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale yellow endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,11-363pp [paginated] includes 19(XIX) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication, acknowledgements,title separator page, and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book.
'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 also my book ID rja28778 for a UK,Royal 8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy and book ID rja646016 for UK [Flamingo],8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,copy of same title.
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