The Wolf Hall Desk
Fold the Corner Books are proud to offer for sale Hilary Mantel’s original pine desk. All of the author’s novels since 1994 were written on this desk, including her celebrated Wolf Hall trilogy, of which the first and second works (Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies) each won the Booker Prize in the year of publication. Mantel once remarked that this very desk “served me well, and has a great record of turning out prize winners”.
To accompany the Wolf Hall Desk, Fold the Corner have compiled an extensive collection of Mantel’s canonical works, almost all of them signed or inscribed, and in fine or near-fine condition. The collection also comes complete with a handwritten letter from the author to the desk’s new owner, dated in April 2022, discussing its history and her writing journey upon it. “This work was made for me in Holt, Norfolk” she writes, “that was the desk’s first home”. “The 1st novel the desk produced was An Experiment in Love” she continues, before revealing that “soon after, its real work began - 15 years on the Wolf Hall trilogy, beginning in Surrey, continued in Devon, & concluded here, in the room from which I write to you”. Inside one of its drawers, a small collection of ephemeral items can be found, put together by the author specifically to accompany it, including paperback copies of her novels, pencils, and a sealing wax kit belonging to her husband.
An outstanding collection of Mantel’s oeuvre, together with an essential part of her creative life, the item which saw the birth of almost all of her books. Commissioned by her and built to her specifications, the desk and the printed works can stand as a collection in and of itself, or compliment an existing collection more focused on her manuscripts and correspondence.
Fold the Corner’s catalogue comprises the desk, personal handwritten letter to the new owner, and an extensive collection of 25 of her works, almost always signed, sometimes in several forms including special limited editions, publisher’s review copies and other related ephemera. It includes first editions of all of the major titles she published in her lifetime, with almost every example flat signed or inscribed by her. A complete catalogue is available upon request.
***Please note that this price does not include VAT***
Fold the Corner Books are proud to offer for sale Hilary Mantel’s original pine desk. All of the author’s novels since 1994 were written on this desk, including her celebrated Wolf Hall trilogy, of which the first and second works (Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies) each won the Booker Prize in the year of publication. Mantel once remarked that this very desk “served me well, and has a great record of turning out prize winners”.
To accompany the Wolf Hall Desk, Fold the Corner have compiled an extensive collection of Mantel’s canonical works, almost all of them signed or inscribed, and in fine or near-fine condition. The collection also comes complete with a handwritten letter from the author to the desk’s new owner, dated in April 2022, discussing its history and her writing journey upon it. “This work was made for me in Holt, Norfolk” she writes, “that was the desk’s first home”. “The 1st novel the desk produced was An Experiment in Love” she continues, before revealing that “soon after, its real work began - 15 years on the Wolf Hall trilogy, beginning in Surrey, continued in Devon, & concluded here, in the room from which I write to you”. Inside one of its drawers, a small collection of ephemeral items can be found, put together by the author specifically to accompany it, including paperback copies of her novels, pencils, and a sealing wax kit belonging to her husband.
An outstanding collection of Mantel’s oeuvre, together with an essential part of her creative life, the item which saw the birth of almost all of her books. Commissioned by her and built to her specifications, the desk and the printed works can stand as a collection in and of itself, or compliment an existing collection more focused on her manuscripts and correspondence.
Fold the Corner’s catalogue comprises the desk, personal handwritten letter to the new owner, and an extensive collection of 25 of her works, almost always signed, sometimes in several forms including special limited editions, publisher’s review copies and other related ephemera. It includes first editions of all of the major titles she published in her lifetime, with almost every example flat signed or inscribed by her. A complete catalogue is available upon request.
***Please note that this price does not include VAT***
Fold the Corner Books are proud to offer for sale Hilary Mantel’s original pine desk. All of the author’s novels since 1994 were written on this desk, including her celebrated Wolf Hall trilogy, of which the first and second works (Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies) each won the Booker Prize in the year of publication. Mantel once remarked that this very desk “served me well, and has a great record of turning out prize winners”.
To accompany the Wolf Hall Desk, Fold the Corner have compiled an extensive collection of Mantel’s canonical works, almost all of them signed or inscribed, and in fine or near-fine condition. The collection also comes complete with a handwritten letter from the author to the desk’s new owner, dated in April 2022, discussing its history and her writing journey upon it. “This work was made for me in Holt, Norfolk” she writes, “that was the desk’s first home”. “The 1st novel the desk produced was An Experiment in Love” she continues, before revealing that “soon after, its real work began - 15 years on the Wolf Hall trilogy, beginning in Surrey, continued in Devon, & concluded here, in the room from which I write to you”. Inside one of its drawers, a small collection of ephemeral items can be found, put together by the author specifically to accompany it, including paperback copies of her novels, pencils, and a sealing wax kit belonging to her husband.
An outstanding collection of Mantel’s oeuvre, together with an essential part of her creative life, the item which saw the birth of almost all of her books. Commissioned by her and built to her specifications, the desk and the printed works can stand as a collection in and of itself, or compliment an existing collection more focused on her manuscripts and correspondence.
Fold the Corner’s catalogue comprises the desk, personal handwritten letter to the new owner, and an extensive collection of 25 of her works, almost always signed, sometimes in several forms including special limited editions, publisher’s review copies and other related ephemera. It includes first editions of all of the major titles she published in her lifetime, with almost every example flat signed or inscribed by her. A complete catalogue is available upon request.
***Please note that this price does not include VAT***