Susanna Clarke – Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – SIGNED First Edition 2004
£175.00
A first edition, first printing of ‘Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell’ published by Bloomsbury in 2004. A near fine book in like unclipped black wrapper SIGNED by the Author to the title page without dedication.
Susanna Clarke’s witty, intricate fantasy novel set in an alternate 19th-century England where practical magic has faded into scholarship. Reclusive Mr Norrell restores English magic, then takes the younger, bolder Jonathan Strange as his pupil and rival. Their partnership unravels amid war, prophecy, faerie bargains, and dangerous ambition. Blending Austen-like social comedy with dark myth, the novel explores knowledge, power, obsession, and the costs of reviving enchantment in modern Britain.
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A first edition, first printing of ‘Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell’ published by Bloomsbury in 2004. A near fine book in like unclipped black wrapper SIGNED by the Author to the title page without dedication.
Susanna Clarke’s witty, intricate fantasy novel set in an alternate 19th-century England where practical magic has faded into scholarship. Reclusive Mr Norrell restores English magic, then takes the younger, bolder Jonathan Strange as his pupil and rival. Their partnership unravels amid war, prophecy, faerie bargains, and dangerous ambition. Blending Austen-like social comedy with dark myth, the novel explores knowledge, power, obsession, and the costs of reviving enchantment in modern Britain.
