Estimate: | £100 - £150 |
Hammer price: | £280 |
MANTEL, Hilary (1952-2022). Wolf Hall. London: Fourth Estate, 2009. 8vo (234 x 150mm). Half title. Original black buckram, the spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket with the price of £18.99 unclipped, with Waterstone's sticker ("Save £4") on upper wrapper. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of this work which, among many other accolades and awards, won the Booker Prize in 2009. With the same author's Bring up the Bodies (2 copies, both London, 2012, original black buckram lettered in gilt, dust-jackets, one copy a later issue with "Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012" in white letters on the upper wrapper) and The Mirror & the Light (London, 2020, original sky blue cloth boards lettered in gilt, dust-jacket). HILARY MANTEL'S CELEBRATED HISTORICAL TRILOGY (with 2 copies of the second title), ALL FIRST EDITIONS. (4)