{"product_id":"you-bright-and-risen-angels-william-t-vollmann-1st-edition","title":"You Bright and Risen Angels, William T. Vollmann — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, André Deutsch, 1987\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 704.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The volume remains tight, square, and robust, with the original blue cloth boards displaying excellent preservation and no discernible shelf-wear or bumping to the extremities. The gilt tooling on the spine remains remarkably bright and unoxidised. Internally, the text block is clean and free of extraneous markings, exhibiting only the mild, uniform age-toning to the page margins and top edge that is standard for the publisher's paper stock of this era. The original, price-unclipped dust jacket retains its vivid colouration without sunning to the spine and shows only negligible surface rubbing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e The True First Edition of the author's ambitious debut novel, preceding the American edition published by Atheneum. This idiosyncratic volume is notably subtitled \"A Cartoon\" and includes original line drawings and illustrations provided by the author himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a debut novel released by a British publisher prior to Vollmann establishing his significant cult following, the initial print run was relatively conservative. Consequently, securing this edition in such an unblemished, sharp state, free from the heavy handling or library stamps that afflicted many early copies, is increasingly uncommon for collectors on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sprawling, surrealistic allegory that details a bizarre, global war between a revolutionary faction of intelligent insects and the tyrannical human architects of electricity. Blending elements of cyberpunk, speculative fiction, and historical paranoia, Vollmann’s wildly inventive debut navigates the dark underbelly of modern civilization through an epic, dystopian lens. It is a staggering, maximalist achievement that firmly established the author as one of the most uniquely ambitious and uncompromising voices in contemporary literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54565523390803,"sku":"5017","price":112.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260809_184752.jpg?v=1786515330","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/you-bright-and-risen-angels-william-t-vollmann-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}