ACKROYD, PETER — First Light

London, England: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0241124980. Illustrated by Craig Dodd. Cover Art; The book is in Very Good+ condition with a Near Fine Dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean, however, there is some generalized toning to the pages due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "In his novels he often contrasts historical settings with present-day segments (e. G. The Great Fire of London, Hawksmoor, The House of Doctor Dee). Many of Ackroyd's novels are set in London and deal with the ever-changing, but at the same time stubbornly consistent nature of the city. Often this theme is explored through the city's artists, especially its writers: Oscar Wilde in The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983) , a fake autobiography of Wilde; Nicholas Hawksmoor, Sir Christopher Wren and Sir John Vanbrugh in Hawksmoor (1985) ; Thomas Chatterton and George Meredith in Chatterton (1987) ; John Dee in The House of Dr Dee (1993) ; Dan Leno, Karl Marx, George Gissing and Thomas De Quincey in Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (1994) ; John Milton in Milton in America (1996) ; Charles Lamb in The Lambs of London. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .