Jonathan Raban — Waxwings
London, Picador, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jonathan Raban's second novel. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. Jonathan Raban is a British travel writer, critic, and novelist. He has received several awards, such as the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Royal Society of Literature's Heinemann Award, the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the PEN West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, and a 1997 Washington State Governor's Writer's Award. Since 1990 he has lived with his daughter in Seattle.In 2003, his novel Waxwings was long listed for the Man Booker Prize. In a black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Very minor shelfwear to the boards. Very light edgewear to the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, and very clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
