Troubles [with] The Siege of Krishnapur [with] The Singapore Grip
FARRELL, J. G.
THE 'EMPIRE' TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASES
Published: Jonathan Cape [and] Weidenfield & Nicolson, [1970-73-78]
Stock code: 51445
Price: £2,850.00
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (dark green/red/navy blue respectively), sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, in custom-made slip-cases, a splendid set ideal as a gift or for presentation.
Farrell's acclaimed trilogy chronicles the painful decline of the British Empire through satire and allegory. The trilogy comprises: Troubles (1970); The Siege of Krishnapur (1973); The Singapore Grip (1978). The first volume won the Lost Man Booker Prize 2010; the second volume won the Booker Prize 1973. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE.