Oranges are not the Only Fruit
WINTERSON, Jeanette.
Oranges are not the Only Fruit.
London: Pandora Press, 1985
8vo., original card wrappers designed by Marion Dalley, with an illustration by Sue Sluglett showing two figures in a grove picking oranges; pp. [viii], ix, [iii], 3-176, [vi]; wraps a little creased, particularly along spine, with a small strip of light toning to the lower panel; contemporary ownership inscription in biro to the front paste-down; internally evenly, and lightly toned to the text block; a very good copy.
True first edition in paperback format, this copy boldly signed by the author to the title page.
Winterson’s first published novel was semi-autobiographical, with the protagonist using the same name. The author had grown up in Accrington, Lancashire, raised to become a pentecostal christian missionary. She began writing sermons at the age of six. By 16, Winterston had come out as a lesbian and left home, and her novel explores similar themes of rebellion against ‘conventional’ values. On the release of Oranges are not the Only Fruit, she later wrote “mother sent me a furious note".
The novel won the Whitbread award for first novel in the year of publication, and is often included on both GCSE and A-Level syllabuses for education in England and Wales.
Signed copies of the true first are becoming increasingly scarce.
WINTERSON, Jeanette.
Oranges are not the Only Fruit.
London: Pandora Press, 1985
8vo., original card wrappers designed by Marion Dalley, with an illustration by Sue Sluglett showing two figures in a grove picking oranges; pp. [viii], ix, [iii], 3-176, [vi]; wraps a little creased, particularly along spine, with a small strip of light toning to the lower panel; contemporary ownership inscription in biro to the front paste-down; internally evenly, and lightly toned to the text block; a very good copy.
True first edition in paperback format, this copy boldly signed by the author to the title page.
Winterson’s first published novel was semi-autobiographical, with the protagonist using the same name. The author had grown up in Accrington, Lancashire, raised to become a pentecostal christian missionary. She began writing sermons at the age of six. By 16, Winterston had come out as a lesbian and left home, and her novel explores similar themes of rebellion against ‘conventional’ values. On the release of Oranges are not the Only Fruit, she later wrote “mother sent me a furious note".
The novel won the Whitbread award for first novel in the year of publication, and is often included on both GCSE and A-Level syllabuses for education in England and Wales.
Signed copies of the true first are becoming increasingly scarce.
WINTERSON, Jeanette.
Oranges are not the Only Fruit.
London: Pandora Press, 1985
8vo., original card wrappers designed by Marion Dalley, with an illustration by Sue Sluglett showing two figures in a grove picking oranges; pp. [viii], ix, [iii], 3-176, [vi]; wraps a little creased, particularly along spine, with a small strip of light toning to the lower panel; contemporary ownership inscription in biro to the front paste-down; internally evenly, and lightly toned to the text block; a very good copy.
True first edition in paperback format, this copy boldly signed by the author to the title page.
Winterson’s first published novel was semi-autobiographical, with the protagonist using the same name. The author had grown up in Accrington, Lancashire, raised to become a pentecostal christian missionary. She began writing sermons at the age of six. By 16, Winterston had come out as a lesbian and left home, and her novel explores similar themes of rebellion against ‘conventional’ values. On the release of Oranges are not the Only Fruit, she later wrote “mother sent me a furious note".
The novel won the Whitbread award for first novel in the year of publication, and is often included on both GCSE and A-Level syllabuses for education in England and Wales.
Signed copies of the true first are becoming increasingly scarce.