Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing paperback copy of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. First Vintage Books Edition stated, May 2021 Vintage Books. First Printing with full number line reversed, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with two partial creases, a few marks on page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on an un-cracked spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with an erased price on the first free end paper and some lightly puckered edges throughout. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and bright. Appears gently read.
England, 1580. A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
