Boyd, William

The Blue Afternoon

Hardcover, Great Britain: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. INSCRIBED by author on full title page. "His name is Salvador Carriscant and thus begins Kay Fischer's journey into the past of this beguiling and seductive older man who claims to be her father. [...] As he begins slyly to confide in her she comes to learn about the extraordinary central event in Carriscant's life, a love affair of uncommon intensity, and, at the same time, a baffling and compelling mystery of murder and mutilation, rivalry and betrayal, surgery, flying machines and crystallised violets." Ships same or next business day. Book has minimal edge wear, spine slightly skewed, small bumps on both ends of spine, pages are lightly tanned. Dust jacket has some edge wear, one-inch tear on top right corner of front cover, small bumps on both ends of spine. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 324 pages; Signed by Author. [Item #45165]

Price: $35.00