MANTEL, Hilary. The Giant O'Brien (signed)
MANTEL, Hilary. The Giant O’Brien. London: Fourth Estate. 1998. 8vo. First edition. Signed without dedication by the author to the title page. Publisher’s burgundy cloth elaborately decorated with a design in gilt, in the glassine dust jacket.
Mantel’s unnerving eighth novel about the true tale of the giant Charles Byrne (or O’Brien) who sought a move to London where oglers of all age, race, and class queued up merrily to witness the beast. Well-received at the time, not least for her depiction of the madcap scientist, collector, and infamous grave-robber, John Hunter. A fine copy without issue in a fine unclipped dust jacket.
MANTEL, Hilary. The Giant O’Brien. London: Fourth Estate. 1998. 8vo. First edition. Signed without dedication by the author to the title page. Publisher’s burgundy cloth elaborately decorated with a design in gilt, in the glassine dust jacket.
Mantel’s unnerving eighth novel about the true tale of the giant Charles Byrne (or O’Brien) who sought a move to London where oglers of all age, race, and class queued up merrily to witness the beast. Well-received at the time, not least for her depiction of the madcap scientist, collector, and infamous grave-robber, John Hunter. A fine copy without issue in a fine unclipped dust jacket.
MANTEL, Hilary. The Giant O’Brien. London: Fourth Estate. 1998. 8vo. First edition. Signed without dedication by the author to the title page. Publisher’s burgundy cloth elaborately decorated with a design in gilt, in the glassine dust jacket.
Mantel’s unnerving eighth novel about the true tale of the giant Charles Byrne (or O’Brien) who sought a move to London where oglers of all age, race, and class queued up merrily to witness the beast. Well-received at the time, not least for her depiction of the madcap scientist, collector, and infamous grave-robber, John Hunter. A fine copy without issue in a fine unclipped dust jacket.