To the Letter : A Journey Through a Vanishing World (Signed)

1st ed, 1st imp. 464pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Includes letter (printed) from the author pasted onto front free endpaper (issued exclusively with copies sold via Waterstone's and Hatchards). Additional banner wrapper (with small, flat crease) identifying book as a Hatchard's signed copy. Olive-grey cloth covered boards with silver titles. DJ very slightly bumped along upper edge & price-clipped, now protected in removable clear mylar sleeve. To The Letter tells the remarkable story of our journey through the mail - from Roman wood chips discovered near Hadrian's Wall to the wonders and terrors of email, Garfield explores how we have written to each other over the centuries and what letters reveal our our lives and ourselves by delving into some of the greatest correspondences of all times, from Cicero and Petrarch to Jane Austen and Ted Hughes. 8vo.