John Banville — The Book of Evidence
London, Secker & Warburg, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this award-winning novel by John Banville. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Guinness Peat Aviation award, The Book of Evidence is the gripping narrative of Freddie Montgomery, a scientist who murders a servant girl during an attempt to steal a painting from a neighbour. In a brown cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent. Very minor shelfwear to the boards. Dustwrapper is very smart with just some slight edgewear and minor handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, aside from some slight age-toning to textblock edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.
