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Fourth Estate, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

F-/F-. 8vo. original black boards gilt (slightly rubbed & bumped, faint paperstock toning) in dustwrapper priced £20 (a trifle rubbed); pp. [xviii (last blank)], 412 (last blank), with pictorial endpapers. A near fine copy.

London: Fourth Estate, 2012. First printing. Jacket lightly rubbed, light edge wear, closed edges lightly tanned, some very light splash staining to base closed edges, otherwise clean and tight.. First Edition. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

First printing. Jacket lightly rubbed, light edge wear, closed edges lightly tanned, some very light splash staining to base closed edges, otherwise clean and tight.

First printing. Jacket lightly rubbed, light edge wear, closed edges lightly tanned, some very light splash staining to base closed edges, otherwise clean and tight.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean, red+ gilt pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edge generally clean,fore-edges lightly marked but also generally clean,contents bright,tight and clean also.One dog-ear crease to pp65/6.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w headband,and immaculate colour pictorial illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ixpp-xiiipp+3-411pp [paginated] includes cast of characters,Pts 1+2 comprising 6 chapters,author's Note,Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a quotation,a Contents list/table,2 family trees,a quotation,and Pts separator pages.By 1535 Thomas Cromwell,the blacksmith's son,is far from his humble origins.Chief Minister to Henry VIII,his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn,Henry's second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome and created his own church.But Henry's actions have forced England into dangerous isolation,and Anne has failed to do what she promised: bear a son to secure the Tudor line.When Henry visits Wolf Hall,Cromwell watches as he falls in love with the silent, plain Jane Seymour.The minister sees what is at stake: not just the king's pleasure,but the safety of the nation.As he eases a way through the sexual politics of the court,its miasma of gossip,he must negotiate a 'Truth' that will satisfy Henry and secure his own career.But neither minister nor king will emerge undamaged from the bloody theatre of Anne's final days.In 'Bring Up the Bodies',sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning 'Wolf Hall',Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes if English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn.This new novel is a speaking picture,an audacious vision of Tudor England that sheds its light on the modern world.It is the work of one of our great writers at the height of her powers. Hilary Mantel is the only double Booker Prize winning author.Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases, cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

London UK: Fourth Estate/HarperCollinsPublishers, 2012. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. This hardcover is a first UK edition, first printing and is bright and clean - As New in As New dustjacket.