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WELSH**, IRVINE: : GLUE. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2001.

ISBN 0224061267.

UK,8vo 'C' format wraps (p/b original),author SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.Paperback original,the only format - proof copies excluded.Paperback original denotes the first format and its first retail appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten black inscrptn+dedication: 'To Rosie All the best Irvine' to the title page.Bright, crisp,clean,part-glossy and part-matt,colour photographic illustrated upper cover,with black+brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine/backstrip appears to have no obvious or noticeable reading creases,though there is a very faint single crease - either from collation or a brief inspection.Top+fore-edges minimally and sporadically spotted/foxed,else bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK, 8vo 'C' format wraps,SIGNED,1st edn,4-469pp [paginated] includes 5 sections including a reprise; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED+dedicated title page,a dedication,contents list/table,and section separator pages. Glue tells the stories of four Scottish boys over four decades through the use of different perspectives and different voices.It addresses sex,drugs,violence,and other social issues in Scotland,mapping the furious energies of working-class masculinity in the late 20th century,using a compulsive mixture of Lothians dialect, libertarian socialist theory,and an irresistible black humour.The title refers not to solvent abuse,but the metaphorical glue holding the four friends together through changing times. The four main characters are Terry Lawson (Juice Terry),Billy Birrell (Business Birrell), Andrew Galloway (Gally),Carl Ewart (DJ N-Sign). We first meet them as small children in 1970, then as teenagers around 1980,as young men around 1990 (on holiday in Munich),and as men in their late thirties around 2000 (during the Edinburgh Festival).The novel is split into five different sections. Want more Irvine WELSH titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard USAIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo wraps,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Rosie All the best Irvine'.

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