Fitzgerald, Penelope (1979) ‘Offshore’, UK signed first edition, third print

Penelope Fitzgerald (1979) ‘Offshore’, UK first edition, third printing, published by Collins. Signed and inscribed to Hilda Spear, university lecturer of 20th century literature. Winner of the 1979 Booker Prize.

Condition: very good overall. No foxing, no stench, tiny lean to the book. Boards clean. Dust jacket is clean and second state with the Booker flash as is normal for reprints of this book. There is Hilda Spear’s name to the ffep which corresponds to the dedication in the inscription which renders it less bothersome. A literary association.