Alexander Masters A LIFE DISCARDED First Edition Signed

First edition first print hardback of A LIFE DISCARDED (148 Diaries Found in a Skip) by Alexander Masters and published by Fourth Estate in 2016. Signed and doodled by Masters on the title page. Numberline is a single digit '1'.

The book is in as new condition (orange boards with white lettering to spine) with no significant wear. The book is in an as new unclipped dust jacket which is protected in an archival sleeve and also has no wear to speak of. Internally the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.

In 2001, 148 tattered and mould-covered notebooks were discovered lying among broken bricks in a skip on a building site in Cambridge. Tens of thousands of pages were filled to the edges with urgent handwriting. They were a small part of an intimate, anonymous diary, starting in 1952 and ending half a century later, a few weeks before the books were thrown out. Over five years, Alexander Masters uncovers the identity and real history of their author, with an astounding final revelation. 

258 pages

ISBN: 9780008130770

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