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2012ref. Atlantic-9781849713146Routledge 2012. 1. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
2012ref. Atlantic-9781849713146Routledge 2012. 1. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
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2012ref. Manohar-9781849713153Routledge 2012. Paperback. New. Routledge paperback
2012ref. Manohar-9781849713153Routledge 2012. Paperback. New. Routledge paperback
2012ref. Manohar-9781849713146Routledge 2012. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
2012ref. Manohar-9781849713146Routledge 2012. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
ref. 102214295X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1020899425.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0548301751.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1163606391.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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2026ref. x-1041241038Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 132 pages. 8.50x5.43x8.74 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd hardcover
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ref. 0943512026.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1985ref. JK4446Linwood Pub 1985-01-01. hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 0x0x0. 1984. Blue cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; mild edge wear; 8vo 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket; interior is clean and unmarked; 62 pages. Linwood Pub hardcover
2004ref. 16545London: Granta Books 2004. First Edition First Impression. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of The Smoking Diaries by Simon Gray. Octavo 240pp. Red cloth title in gilt on spine. Stated "First published in Great Britain by Granta Books 2004" on copyright page with full number line listed. Solid text block fine condition. In the publisher's dust jacket £12.99 retail price on rear panel lightly shelf worn. Signed on the title page: "To Chris / Simon Gray / June 22nd 2008. Granta Books unknown books
2004ref. 24291London: Granta Books 2004. A first edition first printing of The Smoking Diaries by Simon Gray published by Granta Books London in 2004. A near fine copy free from inscriptions with some slight bumping to the fore-edge of the text block. In a near fine wrapper with a little bumping to the extremities and damp-staining internally. A first edition first printing of The Year of the Jouncer by Simon Gray published by Granta Books London in 2006. A fine copy signed by the author in black ink to the title page in a near fine wrapper with a little bumping to the extremities. A first edition first printing of The Last Cigarette by Simon Gray published by Granta Books London in 2008. A fine copy free from inscriptions in a similarly fine unclipped wrapper. Published in 2004 The Smoking Diaries began when playwright Simon Gray turned sixty-five and started recording his thoughts with little concern for conventional diary form. Digressive candid and mordantly funny it ranges across cigarettes abandoned drinking theatrical triumphs and disasters adultery shame friendship family and ageing. Gray presents himself without vanity transforming anxiety irritation and regret into comedy. Beneath its casualness lies a poignant meditation on memory mortality and the consolations of love and companionship. Granta Books unknown
2004ref. 16545London: Granta Books 2004. First Edition First Impression. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of The Smoking Diaries by Simon Gray. Octavo 240pp. Red cloth title in gilt on spine. Stated "First published in Great Britain by Granta Books 2004" on copyright page with full number line listed. Solid text block fine condition. In the publisher's dust jacket £12.99 retail price on rear panel lightly shelf worn. Signed on the title page: "To Chris / Simon Gray / June 22nd 2008. Granta Books unknown
2006ref. 12305London; Granta Books 2004 2006 2008 & 2008. 2006. Hard Cover. First Editions Association Copies. Octavo pp. 8 240; 6 282; 6 251 1; 6 312. Monochrome frontispiece of the Author to "Smoking Diaries". Publishers' cloth with gilt titles to spines in unclipped pictorial dust-jackets. Four wry and frank autobiographical recollections by the playwright and author who began to keep a diary when he turned 65. Gray 1936-2008 writes with sharp observation and self-deprecating humour of his triumphs and disasters his addictions to cigarettes and alcohol and friendships and relationships. From the library of Gray's long-time friend and fellow author David Lodge; with Lodge's marginal annotations in pencil throughout the first three volumes and his ownership signature to the front free endpapers of the first three titles in ink. Lodge deeply admired Gray as a writer and highly praised Gray's tetralogy of diaries in his essay on Gray in his 'Lives in Writing' no doubt using these copies to do so as well as penning a heartfelt obituary of Gray upon the latters death. With a card laid-in to volume one from the scholar and critic Bernard Bargonzi thanking Lodge for the loan of the book and describing the book as 'a very absorbing read' and Gray as 'a very talented writer'. Lower corner of lower board of "Smoking Diaries" slightly bruised; spine tips of "Jouncer" "Smoking Diaries" and "Last Cigarette" slightly creased and rubbed at spine tips. Near fine copies in like dust-jackets. London; Granta Books, 2004, 2006, 2008 & 2008. hardcover
2008ref. Q-1847080545Granta Books 2008-04-02. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Granta Books paperback
2013ref. Q-1847080723Granta Books 2013-10-03. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Granta Books paperback
