{"product_id":"h-is-for-hawk-helen-macdonald-illustrated-chris-wormell-standard-edition-2025-2","title":"H is for Hawk","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I couldn’t tame grief, but I knew I could tame a hawk.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMACDONALD, Helen. H is for Hawk. \u003c\/strong\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, 2025. First printing thus. Illustrated by Chris Wormell with colour linocut illustrations, including a binding design, endpaper motif, title-page illustration, integrated vignettes and full-page depictions of Mabel the goshawk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8¾ inches x 6¼ inches. 352 pages. Bound in textured paper printed and blocked with design by the artist. Designed and typeset in Legitima. Housed in a plain slipcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA new copy, as issued by the publisher and wrapped in Folio’s Sylvicta paper; a fine copy in near-fine slipcase that has a small, innocuous spot of wear to its top, as pictured.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA truly beautiful edition of the author’s extraordinary memoir about training a goshawk she named Mabel, bought for £800 on a Scottish quayside as part of her attempt to cope with the grief of losing her father. Blending nature writing, personal memoir and a vivid literary biography of T. H. White, the book became a bestseller and award-winner. Now adapted into a major film starring Claire Foy as the author and Brendan Gleeson as her father. A haunting and visually striking exploration of grief and healing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54306712977747,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/H-is-for-Hawk-HELEN-MACDONALD-Illustrated-CHRIS-WORMELL-Folio-Society-NEW_4_-Photoroom.webp?v=1784051385","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/h-is-for-hawk-helen-macdonald-illustrated-chris-wormell-standard-edition-2025-2","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}