{"product_id":"nixeys-harlequin-a-e-coppard-signed-limited-edition","title":"Nixey's Harlequin, A. E. Coppard — Signed Limited Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Jonathan Cape, 1931\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 296.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The full vellum binding remains tight and structurally sound, exhibiting the characteristic natural bowing inherent to this material. Both boards present with typical age-toning and the expected mottled discolouration associated with vintage vellum, while remaining entirely free from significant soiling or structural wear. The contrasting dark leather spine label is fully intact and firmly adhered, retaining bright gilt lettering and tooling, though displaying some minor rubbing to its borders. Internally, the English hand-made paper is wonderfully clean and bright, free from foxing, with its attractive rough-cut edges well-preserved. There is minor, faint offsetting to the endpapers, but the text block as a whole is entirely unmarked, uncreased, and firmly bound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is the superior Signed Limited Edition of A. E. Coppard's \u003ci\u003eNixey's Harlequin\u003c\/i\u003e, strictly limited to just 304 copies printed on high-quality English hand-made paper. This particular copy is numbered 89 and is neatly signed in ink by the author on the limitation page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume is distinguished by its handsome full vellum binding by Nevett Ltd., complete with a contrasting leather spine label, a sophisticated presentation that elevates it significantly above the standard cloth-bound trade edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Coppard's works were highly celebrated during his lifetime, survival rates of his vellum-bound limited editions vary greatly. Due to the fragile and highly reactive nature of vellum, copies in sound, un-restored condition with their spine labels wholly intact are becoming increasingly uncommon on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA captivating collection of ten short tales by A. E. Coppard, a master of the form who seamlessly blended earthly realism with touches of the supernatural, the whimsical, and the profound. Showcasing his characteristic lyrical prose and inventive storytelling, \u003ci\u003eNixey's Harlequin\u003c\/i\u003e explores the eccentricities, quiet tragedies, and complex psychologies of everyday human nature, cementing Coppard's reputation as one of the most original voices in twentieth-century British short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54648705024339,"sku":"5280","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260819_132232.jpg?v=1787307564","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/nixeys-harlequin-a-e-coppard-signed-limited-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}