Jane Smiley — Some Luck, Early Warning, & Golden Age

London, Mantle, 2014-2015. First edition. Cloth. A very smart three volume set of novels from American writer Jane Smiley, signed by the author. Three volumes. First UK edition, first impression. Each volume is signed by the author to the title page. The Last Hundred Years trilogy. Written by Jane Smiley, an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991). This set contains: Some Luck, 2014. One of three hundred and fifty numbered copies of the first edition, of which this is number two hundred and forty-eight. Set in 1920s America. Following his return from the battlefields of France, Walter Langdon and his wife Rosanna begin their life together on a remote farm in Iowa. As time passes and their family grows, they struggle to make ends meet. Early Warning, 2015. One of three hundred and fifty numbered copies of the first edition, of which this is number one hundred and fifty-seven. In 1953, a funeral brings the Langdon family together again. But they do not realise how much their worlds will shift and change in the following few years. Now Walter and Rosanna's children are grown and having children of their own. Golden Age, 2015. In 1987, a visit from a long lost relative brings the Langdons back together on the family farm. While a few of the family had stayed, most have left this Iowa settlement, but all are now facing social, economic, and political changes unlike anything their ancestors had encountered. 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.