Behind the Scenes at the Museum

First edition. Large 8vo. Pp. 333, [3, blank]. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in silver to spine. Dust jacket artwork by Sarah Perkins (priced at £14.99 net to front flap).

Not the Book People book club edition, published subsequently, which looks identical to this first edition, bar for the statement "This edition produced for The Book People Ltd" half-way down the verso of the title-page, and the differential pricing of £15.99 to the front flap of the d/w. Scarce as a first printing.

Previous owner's name to flyleaf, textblock edges lightly tanned as usual, else Fine.

Author's debut novel. Winner of the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year. A bird's eye view of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of a working-class girl, living in a flat above a pet shop in the shadow of York Minster.

"A multigenerational tale of a spectacularly dysfunctional Yorkshire family and one of the funniest works of fiction to come out of Britain in years." –Ben Macintyre, The New York Times Book Review