{"product_id":"another-part-of-the-wood-beryl-bainbridge-1st-edition","title":"Another Part of the Wood, Beryl Bainbridge — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Gerald Duckworth \u0026amp; Co Ltd, 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Near Fine. The black cloth boards are exceptionally clean with sharp, unbumped corners and no discernible shelf-wear, preserving a vibrant, unrubbed finish. The binding is remarkably tight and square, indicative of an unread copy. Internally, the text block is clean and free from foxing, inscriptions, or previous ownership markings, displaying only the faintest age-related toning to the page margins, which is entirely customary for paper of this period. The original dust jacket retains its vibrant colouring without fading to the spine, has no tears or loss, and remains unclipped (bearing the original NET price), showing only the most trivial edge-wear to the extremities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the first revised edition (catalogued bibliographically as a 'First Edition Thus') of Bainbridge's darkly comic early novel. Originally published by Hutchinson in 1968, the author extensively rewrote and reset the text for this 1979 Duckworth reissue, making it a textually significant volume for collectors and scholars of her work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThe dust jacket features the evocative green-tinted photographic design characteristic of Duckworth's uniform presentations of Bainbridge's novels during the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eWhile the 1968 Hutchinson true first edition is notoriously scarce and commands premium prices, this 1979 revised edition is uncommon to find in such crisp, collector-quality condition, particularly retaining a bright, unclipped dustwrapper without the typical fading, wear, or library markings heavily associated with this era of publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eOriginally published in the 1960s, several years before Bainbridge achieved wide critical acclaim, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"104\"\u003eAnother Part of the Wood\u003c\/i\u003e is a darkly comic and deeply unsettling study of selfishness, self-absorption, and tragic inevitability. The narrative follows a group of self-involved adults who gather at a rustic Welsh cabin for a holiday, bringing with them a disturbed child. Disguised as deep concern, the adults' negligent and dangerously simplistic attitudes slowly unravel, culminating in a taut, psychological drama where the characters are quite literally unable to see the wood for the trees.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55598054768979,"sku":"6472","price":32.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261021_105604.jpg?v=1792917482","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/another-part-of-the-wood-beryl-bainbridge-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}