Brother Cadfael's Penance, Ellis Peters — 1st Edition, Double Signature

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Brother Cadfael's Penance, Ellis Peters — 1st Edition, Double Signature

Name: Brother Cadfael's Penance, Ellis Peters — 1st Edition, Double Signature
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 4119-SD-FS-VG-6
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Publication: London, Headline Book Publishing, 1994

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [viii], 288.

Condition Report: Near Fine. The publisher's original dark green cloth boards remain exceptionally clean and sharp, with the gilt lettering to the spine bright and completely unoxidised. The binding is tight and square, showing no evidence of lean or significant shelf-wear. Internally, the text block is clean and free of foxing, though the top edge exhibits some very minor toning and faint dust-dulling commensurate with age. The original unclipped dust wrapper, bearing the £14.99 flap price, is vibrant and well-preserved, exhibiting only trivial rubbing to the extreme corners and spine ends. An excellent, highly presentable copy.

Catalogue Note: A superb first edition, first printing of the twentieth and final novel in the acclaimed Cadfael Chronicles..

This particular copy boasts highly significant provenance, featuring a custom 'ep' bookplate affixed to the front endpaper map of Greenhamsted and La Musarderie. The bookplate is remarkably double-signed by the author in blue ink, bearing both her famous pseudonym 'Ellis Peters' and her real name 'Edith Pargeter'.

Finding first editions of the later Cadfael novels is relatively common, but double-signed copies bearing this bespoke authorial bookplate are genuinely scarce on the open market and highly sought after by collectors of medieval mystery fiction.

In the autumn of 1145, the bitter civil war between King Stephen and Empress Maud rages on, but the cloistered walls of Shrewsbury Abbey have largely shielded Brother Cadfael from the devastation. That peace is shattered when a treacherous act leaves thirty of the Empress's loyal men imprisoned. Among the captives is Olivier de Bretagne—the son Cadfael secretly fathered before taking his monastic vows. Forced to choose between the strict rules of his Benedictine order and the life of his unacknowledged son, Cadfael must break his vows and embark on a perilous journey that will test his faith, jeopardize his place in the abbey, and force him to confront the ghosts of his crusading past.

ISBN: 0747211841

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Ellis Peters

Book Publisher: Headline

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Historical Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: Yes

Book Pages: 276

Book Publication Year: 1994

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: The Twentieth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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