First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original blue paper-covered boards with white titles to the spine and blind stamped titles to the upper board, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the very lightly rubbed original dustwrapper that is a touch faded to the spine. Not price clipped (£16.99 on the front flap).
Signed by Sarah Waters in black ink on the title page. The author's fourth novel and her first to be set outside of the Victorian era. The basis for the 2011 BBC television film starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Jodie Whittaker and Claire Foy.
Stock code: 28366
£30
London: Virago.
2006