Louis de Bernieres – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – First UK Edition 1994
£350.00
A first edition, first printing of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres, published by Secker and Warburg, London in 1994. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, light toning to the text block, small pale spots to inner edge of rear board. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with light pushing to extremities and shelf wear to rear panel.
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières is a sweeping historical novel set on the Greek island of Cephallonia during World War II. It follows Pelagia, a strong-willed young woman, and Captain Corelli, an Italian officer whose love of music softens war’s brutality. Blending romance, tragedy, and dark humour, the novel explores occupation, resistance, love and survival, showing how ordinary lives endure devastation, cruelty and fleeting joy amid the chaos of history and human resilience.
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A first edition, first printing of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres, published by Secker and Warburg, London in 1994. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, light toning to the text block, small pale spots to inner edge of rear board. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with light pushing to extremities and shelf wear to rear panel.
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières is a sweeping historical novel set on the Greek island of Cephallonia during World War II. It follows Pelagia, a strong-willed young woman, and Captain Corelli, an Italian officer whose love of music softens war’s brutality. Blending romance, tragedy, and dark humour, the novel explores occupation, resistance, love and survival, showing how ordinary lives endure devastation, cruelty and fleeting joy amid the chaos of history and human resilience.
