THE BINDING

by Bridget Collins.

(London): The Borough Press, (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd.), (2019).

First edition, first printing; Deluxe SIGNED issue.

"First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019" statement and first printing code I to the copyright page.

SIGNED by the author to an Andrew Davidson leaf-illustrated title page.

Shortlisted for Waterstone's Book of the Year.

Under the name B.R. Collins, the author has garnered numerous awards for her young adult novels.

Collins's debut adult novel, set in a magic alternate 19th century England, features a young man who has symptoms of a nervous breakdown, and finds a soothing and healing job as an historically well-depicted book binder, until he discovers that memories people wish to forget, are taken away by printing and binding them in volumes stored at his boss's locked backroom.

Fine, square, very tight and unread in black linen with elaborately decorative gilt embossing to the front and rear covers, gilt embossed titles and elaborate decorations to the spine, marble end-papers, all page edges a lovely purple, golden headband and tail-band; in a fine crisp dust jacket; original printed £12.99 price still intact to the front inner flap.
 

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