On Beauty, Zadie Smith, Hamish Hamilton, 2005, Signed First Edition, First Impression Shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize, winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for fiction and the Orange Prize for fiction in 2006 and listed as number 94 by The New York Times in its 2024 list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, the story is loosely based on E.M. Forster's novel Howards Way. The title page has been signed by the author with no personal dedication. The book is in fine condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering on the spine bright. There is a small indention to the top edge of the spine. The end papers and pages are free from marks, tears and inscriptions. The unclipped dust jacket, protected in a clear, removable cover is in fine condition with no issues. Rarely seen signed. Will be dispatched carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and a cardboard box.