Hilary Mantel — Wolf Hall

London, Fourth Estate, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the second impression of Hilary Mantel's award winning historical fiction novel about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. The first edition, second impression of this celebrated work of historical fiction from the late Hilary Mantel.Flat signed by Mantel to the title page.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The first work in Hilary Mantel's historical trilogy, following the turbulent life of the Tudor figure Thomas Cromwell.'Wolf Hall' and its sequel, 'Bring Up the Bodies', were awarded the Booker Prize in 2009 and 2012 respective. The final instalment of the trilogy, 'The Mirror and the Light', was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, but with bump to spine tail resulting in a vertical crease to the back strip. Dust wrapper in exceptional condition. Internally, firmly bound. Flat signed to title page. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.