Birdsong.

£675 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

signed Faulks' fourth novel traces two related characters, living at different times. The first plot revolves around Stephen Wraysford, a soldier on the front line at Amiens during World War One. The second plot, set in the 1970s, centres around Stephen's granddaughter, as she attempts to recover an understanding of Stephen's experience of the war. First Edition, first impression, with printing sequence line '135798642'; signed by the author on title-page; 8vo (243 x 163 mm): internally clean; publsiher's green cloth, spine lettered in silver, purple endpapers, unclipped dust-jacket, with minor rubbing to corners, otherwise near-fine.

• Binding: Hardcover

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