Jim Crace — Quarantine
London, Viking, 1997 . First edition. Cloth. A smart signed first edition copy of this award winning novel set in the Judean desert by Jim Crace. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original black cloth binding. In the oriignal unclipped dust wrapper. A work by Jim Crace, an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. The novel is set in the Judean desert, 2000 years ago, and was the winner of the 1997 Whitbread Novel Award. In the publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Minot shelf wear to the extremities of the spine. Dust wrapper is very smart, with very light shelf wear to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Author's signature to title page. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Fine.