Hilary Mantel — Fludd
London, Viking, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A superb first impression copy of this early and award winning novel by Hilary Mantel. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Fludd' is an early novel by Hilary Mantel, for which she won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize.This novel is set in a dreary fiction town on the moors of northern England, called Fetherhoughton, in 1956. The inhabitants in the town are benighted, the plot being spurred on by the disappearance of a mysterious curate named Fludd. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper is smart, with very minor edge wear. Spine is sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.