Captain Corellis Mandolin by Bernieres Louis, First Edition (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FINE UK HARDBACK. 1st Ed./1st Printing. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY! [Extra postage for Priority & International delivery].

Condition: Good. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, and a consumate musician. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean. 1998. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. . . . .

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published In 1999 : 1st. Paperback Edition : 1st. Printing : Full Printing Numbers Listed , 1 - 10 : Vintage Books : This Copy Is In Great Condition : Still Very Crisp & Tight : Just Very Light Face Wear : ( Mainly The Back Cover ) : Otherwise Fine : No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding With Bright Clear Text : Overall , A Very Nice Book :

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. 281pp, 1 bw illus, run of numbers 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. SIGNED - Louis de Bernieres on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unclipped dust cover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st UK edition 1st printing and signed to the title page without inscription. Book is as new with no obvious flaws. Unopened and unread. Not price clipped at £20. Signed by the author at Waterstone's sticker to front cover. Covered in clear acetate for protection. Very nice collectable copy. Thanks for looking and please check out my other signed books on Abe. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine condition first edition. Minimal shelfwear includes knocked spine and some dust accumulation on text block. Dust jacket in fine condition with small scuff on base where front bends to flap. Now in protective archival sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. No flaws to speak of.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Octavo. 437pp. Cream cloth in dust jacket. Slight tanning to margins, otherwise a near fine, clean copy. Dust jacket clean and bright with a price sticker to front flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Octavo. Pp. [x], 437, cream cloth in dust jacket. Slight tanning to text margins, otherwise a near fine, clean copy. Dust jacket clean and bright with only very minor rubbing to flap tips, otherwise near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First UK edition-first printing. VGC.Secker & Warburg,1994.First UK edition-first printing. Black hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, two small nicks and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) with protected Dj (a couple of small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj/protected cover),both in VGC. Nice and clean pages with two small marks, ink marks and slightly yellow on the outer edges, small nicks, crease and slightly yellow on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.440pp including Author's note.Price un- clipped.A collectable first edition-first printing with the black boards version.

Hardback. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition. Second issue binding. 8vo. Pp. [x], 437, [1, blank]. Black cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine (variant binding); blue endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Graham Bence (priced £14.99 to front flap). Signed by de Bernières on the title-page and dated the year of publication. Tanning to text margins, as usual, faint bumping to tail of spine, dustjacket edge-worn with laminate lifting in places, else Very Good. Winner of the 1995 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book. Listed at no. 19 on the BBC's The Big Read in 2003. Named one of Granta's "Best of Young British Novelists" in 1993. Author's celebrated fourth book of an ill-fated love triangle set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Axis Occupation. Basis for the 2001 film adaptation directed by John Madden, starring Nicholas Cage, Penelope Cruz, and John Hurt. "An extraordinary novel." -Daily Mirror. 725. signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good first edition. Dust jacket has 10cm tear on spine which has been repaired(not price clipped).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed to the title page. Unread new copy. Signed by Author(s).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original first impression ivory cloth effect covered boards, deep maroon lettering to the spine, maroon end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [vi]-blank; 437 pp. Tanning to the closed text block edges. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing of the paper across the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, £14.99. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A lovely first edition of Louis de Bernieres' celebrated novel about the Italian and German occupation of Cephalonia during WWII. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original first issue binding, with cream boards lettered in maroon, and with maroon endpapers.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Louis de Bernieres' historical novel is set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupation of the Second World War. Narrated by a number of characters, the novel details the events following the 1941 posting of young Italian officer Captain Antonio Corelli to the island, where he is amongst the occupying forces.In 2001, the novel was adapted into a film starring Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Board heads lightly age toned, with light marks to centre of back strip and rear board. Dust wrapper a touch age toned to rear wrap, otherwise fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned to perimeters due to paper type, as is common with this work. Pages clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

8vo., First Edition, First Issue, extreme page edges tanning very lightly as often; ivory cloth, backstrip lettered in burgundy, purple endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very faintly chafed at extremities. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Graham Bence. The basis of John Madden's feature film (1991) starring Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt and Christian Bale.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Advance Reader's copy. Uncorrected proof of the author's fourth book. First American edition published together with the British Edition. Signed by De Bernieres on the title-page and dated the year of publication. With a protective box made of paper. Signed by Author.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Louis de Bernieres' best known work, set in Greece during World War Two. The first edition, first impression, in the variant black cloth binding.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' is a popular novel set on the Greek island Kefalonia, during the Italian and German occupation of the Second World War. The novel follows the story of Antonio Corelli, an Italian, and Pelagia, the daughter of a local Greek physician.In 2001, the novel was adapted into a film starring Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz.Written by Louis de Bernieres, who is best known for this novel. His other popular works include 'Birds Without Wings' and 'Red Dog'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the tail of the spine. Very light edge wear to the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. signed by author. book.

8vo., First Edition, page-edges very lightly browned as often; first issue binding of ivory cloth, backstrip lettered in dark red, maroon endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Graham Bence. The basis of John Madden's feature film (1991) starring Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt and Christian Bale.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, 1994 true 1st ed, first issue UK, on white boards. Signed by Author on Title page. DJ in vg state, surface rubbing, tiny area surface wear to top right corner but no loss. Page block vg clean sound state. Dropped in ticket for signing. Scan upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Neu. Dust Jacket Condition: Neu. 1. Auflage. 1. The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts. London: Secker & Warburg, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Apart from the usual browning of the paper, a fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed and dated "1990" by the author on the title page. 2. Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord. London: Secker & Warburg, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Apart from some slight browning of the paper, a fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 3. The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman. London: Secker & Warburg, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Apart from some slight browning of the paper, a fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed and dated "1992" by the author on the title page. 4. "The Brass Bar" in: Granta 43 - Best of Young British Novelists 2. London: Granta Publications Ltd., 1993. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy in original printed wrappers. 5. Labels. London: One Horse Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. No. 1127 of 2000 copies signed, dated and numbered by the author. A fine copy in original wrappers and with the original wrap-around still intact. 6. Captain Corelli's Mandolin. London: Secker & Warburg, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Apart from some very slight browning of the paper, a fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed and dated "1994" by the author on the title page. 7. "Feathers in our Knickers" in: Does the Sun Rise over Dagenham? London: Fourth Estate, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy in original wrappers. 8. The Book of Job with an Introduction by Louis de Bernières. Edinburgh: Canongate, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy in original printed wrappers. Signed by de Bernières on the title page. 9. A Day out for Mehmet Erbil. London: Belmont Press, 1999. A fine copy in a fine slipcase of the de luxe edition of 26 lettered copies - this is copy "P" - bound with a leather spine and with two extra prints signed by the illustrator Eileen Hogan laid in at the back of the book, which has been signed by both author and illustrator. 10. Red Dog. London: Secker & Warburg, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. No. 45 of the limited edition of 100 copies signed by the author, specially bound in calfskin and housed in a cloth slipcase. Both book and slipcase in fine condition. 11. Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World - A Play for Voices. London: Vintage, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy in original printed wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page. 12. Günter Weber's Confession. London: Tartarus Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. No. 82 of an edition of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author and printed on Zerkall paper. 13. Birds Without Wings. London: Secker & Warbu1g, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. No. 86 of 100 copies signed by the author, specially bound in leather and housed in a green cloth slipcase. Both book and slipcase in fine condition. 14. Birds Without Wings. London: Secker & Warburg, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. No. 189 of 1'000 copies signed by the author, specially bound and housed in a red cloth slipcase. Both book and slipcase in fine condition. 15. Birds Without Wings. London: Secker & Warburg, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. This item comes with a plethora of promotional items for the book such as samplers, postcards, posters, an entry card for a competition to win a holiday in Turkey, a stand-up display, and a T-shirt - all in fine, respectively unworn condition. 16. A Partisan's Daughter. London: Harvill Secker, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. No. 5 of 100 copies of the Blackwell Collector's Library signed by the author, specially bound and housed in a cloth slipcase. Both book and slipcase in fine condition. Please note that due to size and weight we will have to charge additional postage. Signatur des Verfassers.

A first edition, first printing published by Secker and Warburg in 1994. A very good book with spotting to the top edge. no inscriptions. White boards with red lettering. In a very good unclipped wrapper with some fading to the spine and some wear to the spine tips and corners.

First binding, white cloth. First Edition. A little browned throughout (as usual), otherwise an exceptionally nice copy in slightly creased and scuffed dust-wrapper.