{"product_id":"remarkable-creatures-tracy-chevalier-1st-edition","title":"Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 352.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The book itself presents beautifully; the publisher's white boards are clean and square, with bright gilt lettering to the spine and sharp, unbumped corners. The binding remains tight and firm. Internally, the pages are crisp, bright, and entirely free from foxing or previous ownership inscriptions. The original, unclipped dust jacket is intact and retains its vibrant colours; however, it bears a noticeable circular adhesive residue mark to the upper right quadrant of the front panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First edition, first impression (with the full number line '1' to the copyright page) of Tracy Chevalier's historical novel centred on the pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning. The dust jacket features a striking gold foil ammonite motif, echoing the novel's thematic focus on fossil discovery. As a major release from an internationally bestselling author, the true first printing is relatively common on the open market, though clean copies preserving the original unclipped dust jacket remain a staple for collectors of modern historical fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet on the windswept coastline of early nineteenth-century Lyme Regis, \u003ci\u003eRemarkable Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e explores the extraordinary, true-life discoveries of Mary Anning, a working-class woman who unearthed some of the world's first dinosaur fossils. Shunned by the male-dominated scientific establishment, Mary finds an unlikely ally in Elizabeth Philpot, a middle-class London spinster who shares her passion for fossil hunting. Intertwining their alternating voices, the narrative paints a vivid portrait of a pre-Darwinian world grappling with the radical concepts of extinction and evolution. At its heart, the novel is a testament to resilience and the enduring power of female friendship in an era bound by rigid class and gender expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54619044774227,"sku":"5152","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260811_133648.jpg?v=1787048820","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/remarkable-creatures-tracy-chevalier-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}