Lively MOON TIGER 1987 Signed 1st Printing Booker

Title: Moon Tiger
Author: Penelope Lively
Publisher: Grove Press
Printing Year: 1988 Signed first printing

Condition/Details: Bound in quarter cloth with bright gilt embossing, this volume is a scarce signed copy of the author's World War II novel, the winner of the 1987 Booker Prize for Fiction. It is written from multiple points of view and moves backward and forward through time in ways which can be difficult to follow. It begins as the story of a woman who, on her deathbed, decides to write a history of the world, and develops into a story of love, incest and the desire to be recognized as an independent free thinking woman of the time. The volume is in fine condition, and is solidly bound with clean, bright pages. Dustjacket is in glassine cover. The book measures approximately 6" x 8.5" and contains 208 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50