_POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details. The slipcase is fine also, strong and sturdy, clean overall, and without wear. _CONDITION: A fine copy the covers clean, the corners straight and unrubbed, the binding tight with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings clean, crisp, as new. _DESCRIPTION: Quarter blue cloth with decorative grey and white paper boards, gilt lettering and ornament on the spine, top edge stained navy blue, dark navy endpapers octavo size (8' by 5.25'), pagination: 3-166, one of 100 copies quarter-bound in cloth, this number 87, signed by the author. McEwan’s nickname still seems appropriate, not for the death of characters, but for the death of what could have been. With exquisite prose, Ian McEwan creates in 'On Chesil Beach' a story of lives transformed by a missed gesture or an unspoken word, exploring the devastating effects a lack of action can have on two lives. He was featured by 'The Times' in 2008 as one of the 50 greatest British authors since 1945, and has been awarded the Booker Prize (1998, for Amsterdam), the Shakespeare Prize (1999) and the Jerusalem Prize (2011). 1948), writer and screenwriter, was given the nickname 'Ian Macabre' after writing his first two novels. 87 of 100 copies, octavo size, 175 pp., signed by Ian McEwan.

On chesil beach by ian mcewan