Christopher Wilkins — The Horizontal Instrument
London, Doubleday, 1999. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Christopher Wilkins. Held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. 'The Horizontal Instrument' follows the project of Robert Garrett, a watchmaker who loses his wife due to a disease that destroyed her memory, personality and finally her physical being. He embarks on building a perfectly accurate time-piece in his wife's memory. As stated to the flyleaf, this novel intertwines the history of time-keeping with meditations on memory and personality. In original full cloth binding with gilt stamping to the spine. Held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent condition. Dustwrapper is also in excellent condition. A very small amount of light edgewear to the extremities. Author's signature to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have a small amount of light age toning to the edges and are clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.
