SIGNED, The Fraud, Zadie Smith, First Edition, First Printing, New

New York: Penguin Press, 2023. F/F Purchased New. First Edition. Stated 1st printing. Signed by Zadie Smith on the publisher's bound-in page The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($29.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 454 pages. 6½ x 9½" tall.

A kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed.

Kilburn, 1873. The 'Tichborne Trial' has captivated the widowed Scottish housekeeper Mrs Eliza Touchet and all of England. Readers are at odds over whether the defendant is who he claims to be - or an imposter.

Based on real historical events, “The Fraud” is a dazzling novel about truth and fiction, Jamaica and Britain, fraudulence and authenticity and the mystery of “other people.”