{"product_id":"flauberts-parrot-julian-barnes-1st-edition","title":"Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Jonathan Cape, 1984\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 190.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report: \u003c\/b\u003eNear 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note: \u003c\/b\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eThe 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 \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"249\"\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"276\"\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, highlighting the text's early literary pedigree before its compilation into this celebrated and highly collectible format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eFollowing the obsessive and endearingly pedantic amateur scholar Geoffrey Braithwaite, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"94\"\u003eFlaubert’s Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"304\"\u003eUn Cœur Simple\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53784233181523,"sku":"4084-RM-F-VG-3","price":98.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260609_150440.jpg?v=1781018360","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/flauberts-parrot-julian-barnes-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}