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VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (gift inscription to half title, else fine) in dustwrapper priced £14.99 net (top edge rubbed with a couple of short closed tears, original bookseller's label to rear panel); pp. [x], 310 (last blank). A very good copy of the true first edition (10987654321] in the first state dustwrapper.

DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. (USA) Stated first edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR in his characteristic squiggle, under his name to the title page, no other markings, the top edge of pages have faint spots to the edge dye, there is a hint of spine slant to the bottom part of the book at the spine, otherwsie Very Good in unclipped Very Good dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Boards, 307pp, The novel tells the story of four people who find themselves in an abandoned villa in northern Italy in the last months of World War II. It is the basis of the 1996 British-American epic romantic war drama film directed by Anthony Minghella (1.9 JM LVR 200/c4. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First American Edition, First printing. Fine/Near Fine. Clean stated first edition in unchipped dust jacket. Very clean beige paper-covered boards with beige cloth spine, metallic lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean red endpapers-no names, writing or marks. 307 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, small price clip (partially showing $) at top corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Four people come together during the final days of World War II in a deserted Italian villa, where the stories of their past and present begin to reveal themselves to each other. A beautifully written and haunting story, made into a highly successful film (1996) starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe. The film won nine Oscars, including best motion picture.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. pp. 307. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 8.5". Publisher's quarter tan-cloth over like boards, bronze lettering to the spine and front board, red endpapers, untrimmed page edges, publisher's gray topstain. Excepting light bumps to the head-and-tail of spine, extremities remain very well-preserved. Neat ink name and date to the ffep, else, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good+ unclipped very lightly rubbed dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar cover). Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page.

DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition.

F/F-. 8vo. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper priced £14.99 net (a trifle rubbed and nicked, occ. slight marks); pp. [x], 310 (last blank). A fine copy of the true first edition (10987654321) in the first state dustwrapper.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje.. Octavo, [3], 307pp. Tan hardcover, cream cloth spine, title stamped in red on spine. Gray topstain. Stated "first edition" on copyright page with no additional printings listed. Solid text block, a fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $21.00 retail price on front flap, touch of toning to verso, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the title page. The English Patient is set in the North African campaign of World War II. The book was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996, starring Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, and Colin Firth. The film received nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

New York: Knopf, 1992. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Signed on title page. Stated First Edition. Some shelf wear, toning to dust jacket. 1992 Booker Prize.

New York: Alfred K. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Dust jacket Very Fine. First Edition (so stated) in Very Fine condition with complete dust jacket, also in Very Fine condition and protected in a mylar sleeve. Signed by the writer across the title page in person. A beautifully preserved copy, printed over three decades ago, in outstanding condition—perfect for any literary library Sri Lankan-born Canadian writer Ondaatje is the author of the critically acclaimed "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid." "The English Patient" was adapted to film in 1998, with the novel winning the 1992 Booker Prize, the 1992 Governor General's Award and the Golden Man Booker in 2018. In 'Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts,' reviewer JP O'Malley described Ondaatje "like coral...Ondaajte's narrative is built up slowly into towers and branches and hidden chambers, fashioning a delicate grisaille of memory and passion...Readers of Ondaatje's novels will know that he has a passion for language and an incredible ability to tease out sentences in a very sensual way." He is one of the few authors who has had a new species of spider named in his honour, the Sri-Lankan Brignolia ondaatjei.