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1st American Edition. 307pp. Octavo. Tan cloth with bronze lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket. Tight, bright, clean copy. Red endpapers. Previous owner's gift inscription inside front cover. near fine 1st American Edition of the Canadian classic.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION AND PRINTING. The critically revered, immensely gifted author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Provided the basis for the Academy Award-winning movie of the same name starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. "During the final moments of World War II, in a deserted Italian villa, four people come together: a young nurse, her will broken, all her energy focussed on her last, dying patient, a man in whom she has seen something "she wanted to learn, to grow into and hide in".the patient: an unknown Englishman, survivor of a plane crash, his mind awash with a life's worth of secrets and passions.a thief whose "skills" have made him one of the war's heroes, and one of its casualties.an Indian soldier in the British army, an expert at bomb disposal whose three years at war have taught him that "the only thing safe is himself." Slowly they begin to reveal themselves to each other, the stories of their pasts and of the present unfolding in scene after haunting scene, taking us into the Sahara, the English countryside, down the streets of London during the Blitz, into the makeshift army hospitals of Italy, and through the battered gardens and rooms of the villa." 307 pages. Original $21.00 price on DJ front interior flap and Toni Morrison, Don DeLillo and Richard Ford blurbs on DJ rear cover. LF

Alfred A. Knopf, 1992-09-29. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

NEAR FINE IN FINE D.J. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

Near fine in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page (signature only). 1st edition, 10th printing. Dust jacket has mild edgewear and a closed tear at the top of the front panel. Book has minor softening to the base of the spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 307 p. Audience: General/trade. Previous owner's name and blindstamp on the first free endpaper. The Booker Prize-winning novel and basis for the movie by the same name by the Sri Lanka Ratna-winning author (an Officer of the Order of Canada) of 'The Cat's Table' and 'Anil's Ghost'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

307 pg. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Book shows light wear with spine slightly cocked. Dust jacket shows moderate wear with a few very small nicks and tears at top and at top front corner. Binding is solid and text is clean. Signed on title page with short inscription by Michael Ondaatje. First Edition (stated) 1992.

Fine first US edition of this award winning book by Ondaatje. Book is clean througout and may be unread. Jacket is not price clipped and is housed in a Brodart cover for shipping. Slight discoloration to the white of the rear jacket panel. Small bump to the bottom of the front board. . A nice collectible copy of this great book made into the movie of the same name.

First Edition stated on verso of title page; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean, unread copy in collectible condition; please note that this is an uncorrected proof copy.

Bound in tan cloth over tan boards, stamped in gold in illustrated dust jacket. A tight clean copy in bright dustwrapper. Winner of the Booker Prize. The first U.S. edition. Signed on the title page (signature only) in person by Mr. Ondaatje in October 2003. 302 pp. Basis for the hit film of the same name.