C. J. Sansom — Dissolution

London, Macmillan , 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression, copy of C. J. Sansom's opening instalment to his 'Shardlake' series with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This copy includes the original unclipped dust wrapper. This copy lacks the wrap-around band. 'Dissolution' is set during the dissolution of the monasteries and follows the lawyer Shardlake in his attempts to solve a murder. One of Thomas Cromwell's commissioners has been killed in a monastery at the fictional town of Scarnsea. From British writer, C. J. Sansom, who also wrote the spy novel 'Winter in Madrid' and the alternate history novel 'Dominion&apos. Colin Dexter cited this novel as 'The best crime novel I have read this year&apos. It was nominated for the 2003 Crime Writer's Association John Creasy Memorial Dagger. With coloured sketched plans to the endpapers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. The slightest rubbing, bumping, and fading to extremities. Dust wrapper, lovely. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities with just one or two of the slightest handling marks to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.