Atomised (SIGNED COPY)

First edition. SIGNED by the author to title page. Small 8vo. Publisher’s green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. A little rubbed to edges; spine ends somewhat pushed. Hinges with mild cracking, but sound. Leaves age-toned as usual. In near fine dust jacket. *** First English edition of Houellebecq’s bleak and brilliant second novel. The same translation was published in the US under the title The Elementary Particles. Signed copies of Houellebecq’s work are incredibly scarce.