You Bright and Risen Angels

London: Andre Deutsch, (1987). First edition, 1st impression. 8vo. 640 pp. Original aegean blue paper-covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped (£11.95) dust-jacket. Almost as-new. Trace edge wear, as new. Some light rubbing and handling wear to gloss. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Trivial edge & shelf wear, rubbing - particular to spine crown and foot. Interior clean and unmarked. Some slight page age-toning, particular to top text block. A collector’s copy. Signed by the author on the title page.

Dust Jacket: Fine

Hardcover: Fine

“You Bright and Risen Angels is a 1987 novel by William T. Vollmann, detailing a fictional war between insects and the forces of modern civilization. Vollmann described the book, his first, as "an allegory in part", inspired by his experiences with the mujahedeen in Afghanistan. The novel is subtitled "A Cartoon." It is illustrated by the author. William Tanner Vollmann (born July 28, 1959) is an American novelist, journalist, war correspondent, short story writer, and essayist. He won the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction with the novel Europe Central.”