Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes — 1st Edition

£98.50

Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes — 1st Edition

Name: Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 4084-RM-F-VG-3
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Publication: London, Jonathan Cape, 1984

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 190.

Condition Report: Near Fine; Very Good+ dust jacket. Original green cloth boards remain exceptionally clean and sharp, with the gilt titling to the spine bright and vibrant. The binding is remarkably tight and square, indicating the book has seen little to no use, while the hinges remain perfectly intact. Internally, the pages are crisp, bright, and completely free of inscriptions, bookplates, or foxing. The textblock edges are clean with only the absolute faintest hint of natural age-toning. Original dust jacket is highly presentable, displaying only minor shelf wear to the extremities, light rubbing to the panels, and some very mild spotting confined to the interior flaps. Crucially, the jacket remains unclipped.

Catalogue Note: A true first edition, first printing of Julian Barnes's breakthrough novel, famously shortlisted for the Booker Prize and widely considered a cornerstone text of British postmodernism.

The volume retains its original dust jacket, bearing the intact '£8.50 net IN UK ONLY' price on the front flap, a vital point for modern first edition collectors. As noted on the copyright page, fragments of the narrative previously appeared in the London Review of Books and Granta, highlighting the text's early literary pedigree before its compilation into this celebrated and highly collectible format.

Following the obsessive and endearingly pedantic amateur scholar Geoffrey Braithwaite, Flaubert’s Parrot is a dazzling blend of fiction, biography, and literary criticism. As Braithwaite travels to Rouen in search of the exact stuffed parrot that perched on Gustave Flaubert’s desk while he wrote Un Cœur Simple, his quest spirals into a profound exploration of the author's life. Interwoven with his literary sleuthing are poignant reflections on his own life, marriage, and the elusive, fragmented nature of truth and history.

ISBN: 0224022229

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Julian Barnes

Book Publisher: Jonathan Cape

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Classic Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 190

Book Publication Year: 1984

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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