Peter Ackroyd — Chatterton

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1987. First edition. Cloth. Peter Ackroyd's Booker Prize shortlist novel concerning plagiarism and poetry, a lovely first impression in its original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A novel by Peter Ackroyd exploring the mystery of Thomas Chatterton, eighteenth century young poet, influential on Romantic artists of his time. Discussing plagiarism and forgery through the investigations of a young poet and elderly novelist, this novel is both a tragic and comic work with meditations on human destiny and a satire on human folly. Complete with its original dust wrapper illustrating the famous painting 'The Death of Chatterton' by Henry Wallis, price-clipped. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. The dust wrapper is price-clipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages clean with only a touch of age toning, as usual with the type of paper used. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.