THE GIRLS By Emma Cline London: Chatto Windus, (2016). First British edition, first printing. "First published by Chatto Windus in 2016" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page. SIGNED by the Plimpton Prize winning author to the title page. Laid in are a printed British bookshop receipt and the bookshop's distinctive red-stringed bookmark. The California author's debut novel garnered numerous accolades including the Shirley Jackson Award, and finalist for The National Book Critics Circle Award. A coming of age novel set in 1969 Southern California, that depicts vulnerable teen-age girls, runaways, the sixties, and a cult based in part on Charles Manson's. Fine, square, tight and probably unread in burgundy linen boards with black embossed titles to the spine, burgundy headband and tail-band, illustrated end-papers; in a fine crisp dust jacket; original printed 12.99 price still intact to the front inner flap; "Hatchard's Signed Copy" printed band loosely wrapped around the jacket. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.