Signed First Edition Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke (2004)

A near mint version of this classic fantasy text from 2004. Signed and dated (2004), this is a true 1st/1st with early signature and therefore very collectable/sought after. The book is unread, very tightly bound and suffers only extremely minor shelf wear. The dust jacket has a few marks (common, given it is the cream version - the books were released in both cream and black).

It is now safely protected with high quality protective sleeve. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the debut novel by British writer Susanna Clarke. Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Centred on the relationship between these two men, the novel investigates the nature of "Englishness" and the boundaries between reason and unreason, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Dane, and Northern and Southern English cultural tropes/stereotypes. It has been described as a fantasy novel, an alternative history, and a historical novel.

It inverts the Industrial Revolution conception of the North-South divide in England: in this book the North is romantic and magical, rather than rational and concrete. Best of luck with any offers &####128077. All books are delivered in bubble wrap and high quality brown paper for protection.

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