Description
Signed first edition of The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje.
Octavo, [3], 307pp. Tan hardcover, cream cloth spine, title stamped in red on spine. Gray topstain. Stated “first edition” on copyright page with no additional printings listed. Solid text block, a fine example. In publisher’s dust jacket, $21.00 retail price on front flap, touch of toning to verso, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the title page.
The English Patient is set in the North African campaign of World War II. The book was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996, starring Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, and Colin Firth. The film received nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
