The Ant Colony (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by Francis King
Author
Francis King
Publisher
Constable, London, 1991
Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22.5 × 14cm, 265pp.
Signed, dated and dedicated directly to the title page by Francis King. Dedicated with "Every good wish to Mort and Dick", Mort in this instance is Professor Morton Cohen, the pre-eminent Lewis Carroll scholar.
Peopled with eccentric, extravagant and touching characters, this is a novel about two young English people whose year in Florence is a lesson in much more than the Italian language.
Condition
This copy is in good solid condition but lightly tanned to the page edges and margins, and with some crinkling to the dustwrapper's top edge and a small closed tear by the top corner of the front panel.