The Heretic's Apprentice, Ellis Peters — 1st Edition, Signed

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The Heretic's Apprentice, Ellis Peters — 1st Edition, Signed

Name: The Heretic's Apprentice, Ellis Peters — 1st Edition, Signed
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6014
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Publication: London, Headline Book Publishing PLC, 1989

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 279.

Condition Report: Very Good. The book maintains excellent structural integrity, presenting a remarkably tight and square binding that suggests careful handling or storage. The original blue cloth boards remain clean and unfaded, with the gilt spine lettering still bright and unoxidised. Internally, the pages are entirely free from tears or creases, though they do exhibit the typical moderate browning and age-toning to the page block edges characteristic of the publisher's paper stock from this era. The title page shows some very light, patchy toning toward the extremities, but the text itself remains perfectly legible and otherwise unmarked. The dust jacket remains fully intact and presents very well, though it displays minor shelf-wear, most notably in the form of slight creasing and very faint curling to the extreme top and bottom edges of the spine panel.

Catalogue Note: This copy is a true first UK edition, first impression, of The Heretic's Apprentice, the sixteenth instalment in Ellis Peters’ beloved Brother Cadfael chronicles. The book retains its original publisher's binding and the vivid wrap-around dust jacket artwork. It also features the original map-illustrated endpapers charting the abbey and its surroundings.

What sets this copy apart is its notable provenance: the book has been signed by the author, Ellis Peters.

While standard first editions of this title are relatively common, signed copies, especially those retaining their original dust jackets in such presentable condition, are increasingly scarce on the open market and are highly sought after by collectors of classic British historical crime fiction.

Set in the fateful summer of 1143, The Heretic's Apprentice plunges the sharp-witted Benedictine monk, Brother Cadfael, into a perilous web of theological dispute and murder. When a young servant returns to Shrewsbury Abbey from a pilgrimage bearing a dowry and a controversial set of beliefs, the ensuing accusations of heresy are soon overshadowed by a far graver sin: a brutal killing on sacred grounds. With the arrival of two formidable churchmen determined to root out unorthodoxy, Cadfael must race against time, and the strictures of his own order—to uncover the true culprit before an innocent man burns for both murder and heresy.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Ellis Peters

Book Publisher: Headline Book Publishing PLC

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Historical Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: Yes

Book Pages: 279

Book Publication Year: 1989

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: The Cadfael Chronicles

Country/region of manufacture: Bungay, Suffolk, United Kingdom

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