DE BERNIÈRES, Louis. Captain Corelli's Mandolin. London: Secker and Warburg. 1994. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s supposed first issue ivory cloth lettered in burgundy to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by Graham Bence. Moving printed dedication ‘to my mother and father, who in different places and in different ways fought against the Fascists and the Nazis, lost many of their closest friends, and were never thanked.’ This copy signed without dedication by the author to the title page, alongside the year of publication. A near fine copy, the cloth clean, a couple of very light marks only highlighting merely by the cloth colour. The spine tips perhaps a trifle pushed, but minor in truth. The binding tight and with a very gentle roll. The contents clean, some light and even toning throughout from the paper stock of this time, but without stamps, inscriptions or spots. One small mark to the fore-edge at bottom corner. The dust jacket unclipped (£14.99), complete and fine with some very mild crimping at extremities. A very handsome copy, uncommon signed.
The author’s magnum opus (thus far), a sprawling novel set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War. When war finally comes to the island, our protagonist hopes for a quiet, even civilised war. Of course, what transpires is brutal savagery, clinical horror, and murder, unmatched by any and all in its path. An international bestseller, and basis for the film adaptation of the same name starring Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz.
DE BERNIÈRES, Louis. Captain Corelli's Mandolin. London: Secker and Warburg. 1994. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s supposed first issue ivory cloth lettered in burgundy to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by Graham Bence. Moving printed dedication ‘to my mother and father, who in different places and in different ways fought against the Fascists and the Nazis, lost many of their closest friends, and were never thanked.’ This copy signed without dedication by the author to the title page, alongside the year of publication. A near fine copy, the cloth clean, a couple of very light marks only highlighting merely by the cloth colour. The spine tips perhaps a trifle pushed, but minor in truth. The binding tight and with a very gentle roll. The contents clean, some light and even toning throughout from the paper stock of this time, but without stamps, inscriptions or spots. One small mark to the fore-edge at bottom corner. The dust jacket unclipped (£14.99), complete and fine with some very mild crimping at extremities. A very handsome copy, uncommon signed.
The author’s magnum opus (thus far), a sprawling novel set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War. When war finally comes to the island, our protagonist hopes for a quiet, even civilised war. Of course, what transpires is brutal savagery, clinical horror, and murder, unmatched by any and all in its path. An international bestseller, and basis for the film adaptation of the same name starring Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz.
