Jim Crace — The Devil&Apos;S Larder & the Melody

London, Viking; Picador, 2001-2018. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition volumes from English author and playwright Jim Crace, signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by James Crace, an English novelist, playwright and short story writer who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999. This set contains: The Devil's Larder, 2001. A collection of sixty-four stories, often on the theme of food. With stories describing the taste of a cremated cat, a restaurant in which nothing is served but the customer is charged anyway, and two people trying to taste food from each other's mouth. The Melody, 2018. An elderly widower, curious as to what is rattling his bins at night, ventures out to investigate and is leapt upon and bitten by a creature he senses is unlike he dogs or deer to which he is accustomed. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.