Buy this book on-line HOEG,PETER**: : MISS SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW.**LONDON.HARVILL, 1993. ISBN 1860461670.
UK,8vo ('C' format p/b) wraps,uncorrected
proof,1st edn thus.NMINT,unread copy.
Precedes the UK HB,which had a very,very low print run.
Six-year-old Isaiah is found lying facedown in the snow at the foot of an apartment complex in Copenhagen,Denmark.
The authorities record the death as an accident,but Smilla Jasperson,Isaiah's neighbour and surrogate mother,feels convinced that something sinister lies behind the tragedy.An expert reader of snow and ice,Smilla is abe to deduce from Isaiah's footprints that he jumped on purpose,something he would only have done had he been pursued.Her subsequent research leads her to the Arctic ice cap,
as a stowaway on a cruise liner,as she slowly uncovers a conspiracy involving numerous members of Denmark's scientific elite intent on safeguarding their secret at any cost.[CG-G.].This novel was made into a film by Billie August.
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UK,8vo ('C' format paperback) wraps, Uncorrected Proof copy,1st thus.NMINT.An unread copy as there are no spine/
backstrip creases and top+fore-edges remarkably clean, apart from 2 tiny, minute marks to fore-edge and contents near pristine.No shelf-wear to edges and no owner inscrptn.B/w wraps with b/w author portrait photograph and white letters to upper wrap,with white letters to black background for rear wrap.An uncommon book in HB 1st edn,even more uncommon in proof copies,particularly in this good a grade.A superb copy.
Six-year-old Isaiah is found lying facedown in the snow at the foot of an apartment complex in Copenhagen,Denmark.
The authorities record the death as an accident,but Smilla Jasperson,Isaiah's neighbour and surrogate mother,feels convinced that something sinister lies behind the tragedy.An expert reader of snow and ice,Smilla is abe to deduce from Isaiah's footprints that he jumped on purpose,something he would only have done had he been pursued.Her subsequent research leads her to the Arctic ice cap,
as a stowaway on a cruise liner,as she slowly uncovers a conspiracy involving numerous members of Denmark's scientific elite intent on safeguarding their secret at any cost.[CG-G.].This novel was made into a film by Billie August.
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my MODERN FIRSTS2 and/or 1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die catalogues.Also view my 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogue for other suggested reading in it.
Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,
for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HOEG,PETER**: : MISS SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW.**. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. HOEG,PETER**: : MISS SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW.**LONDON.HARVILL/HARPER COLLINS,1993. ISBN 0002713349.
UK,8vo ('C' format paperback) wraps, Uncorrected Proof copy,1st thus.NMINT.An unread copy as there are no spine/
backstrip creases,top+fore-edges clean, and contents pristine.No shelf-wear to edges and no owner inscrptn.B/w wraps with b/w author portrait photograph and white letters to upper wrap,with white letters to black background for rear wrap.
An uncommon book in HB 1st edn,even more uncommon in proof copies,particularly in this good a grade.A superb copy.
Six-year-old Isaiah is found lying facedown in the snow at the foot of an apartment complex in Copenhagen,Denmark.
The authorities record the death as an accident,but Smilla Jasperson,Isaiah's neighbour and surrogate mother,feels convinced that something sinister lies behind the tragedy.An expert reader of snow and ice,Smilla is abe to deduce from Isaiah's footprints that he jumped on purpose,something he would only have done had he been pursued.Her subsequent research leads her to the Arctic ice cap,
as a stowaway on a cruise liner,as she slowly uncovers a conspiracy involving numerous members of Denmark's scientific elite intent on safeguarding their secret at any cost.[CG-G.].This novel was made into a film by Billie August.
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my MODERN FIRSTS2 and/or 1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die catalogues.Also view my 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogue for other suggested reading in it.
Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,
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