Lincoln in the Bardo

SAUNDERS, George. Lincoln in the Bardo.

London: Bloomsbury, 2017

8vo., white publisher’s cloth, lettered in metallic green to spine with publisher’s device to foot; marble-effect endpapers; in the original unclipped dustwrapper (£18.99) designed by Greg Heinimann; pp. [xiii], 4-341, [xvii]; near-fine, some light dents and compression to edges of boards; jacket a tad creased. 

First edition, seventh impression, signed and dated by the author to the title page in the year of publication, along with ‘XOX’ and a doodle in red felt pen. 

An experimental novel, revolving around Abraham Lincoln's son William, and set in the ‘Bardo’ - an intermediary space between life and death. The work won the Booker Prize in 2017, with many publications later ranking it one of the best novels of its decade.