Boyd, William

The Blue Afternoon

Hardcover, Great Britain: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED 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. Pages are lightly tanned, small wrinkles on head of page 153 which was bound in the book slightly higher than the rest of the pages. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. Dust jacket has minimal edge wear. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 324 pages; Signed by Author. [Item #45223]

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