{"product_id":"out-of-this-world-graham-swift-1st-edition","title":"Out of this World, Graham Swift — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Viking, 1988\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 208.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The original grey cloth boards remain strikingly clean and firm, with un-bumped corners and bright, unoxidised tooling to the spine. The binding is remarkably tight and square, suggesting the book has been sparsely read, if at all. Internally, the pages are crisp and completely free from foxing or previous ownership inscriptions, though the text block edges exhibit the mild, uniform age-toning typical of late-1980s British publishing stock. The unclipped dust jacket shows only the slightest whisper of shelf-wear to the extreme edges but remains vivid, glossy, and entirely free of chips, tears, or fading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e A superb UK First Edition, First Impression of Swift’s acclaimed fourth novel. The book is presented in its primary binding of grey cloth with a glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Unsigned and devoid of any institutional or private provenance, this is an excellent, collector-grade example of the standard trade issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinding copies with the dust jacket in such crisp, well-preserved condition is becoming increasingly uncommon for late-twentieth-century fiction of this era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of this World\u003c\/i\u003e explores the fragmented relationship between Harry Beech, an estranged aerial photojournalist, and his daughter Sophie, who resides in New York. Set against the backdrop of the 1980s, but deeply rooted in the trauma of a terrorist car bombing that claimed the life of Harry’s father a decade earlier, Graham Swift weaves a profound and intricate narrative of conflict, memory, and the enduring scars of history. An intensely moving examination of the twentieth century’s capacity for violence and the small miracles of love that endure in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54482944393555,"sku":"4028","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260729_155133.jpg?v=1785843859","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/out-of-this-world-graham-swift-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}