JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL

First UK edition, first printing. Signed. Original black cloth with blind stamped titles and crow motif to the spine, in dustwrapper. All edges black. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Portia Rosenberg. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, with very light rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the very lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper. Not price-clipped (£17.99 on the front flap).

Signed by the illustrator Portia Rosenberg in black ink on the title page. Scarce thus. Susanna Clarke's first novel, a highly original literary fantasy in the alternative history sub-genre. It has won many awards including the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards for Best Novel, and was adapted into a television mini-series which aired on BBC One in 2015.