Said the Dead - SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2026
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Signature Firsts, Brecon, Powys, United KingdomSignature Firsts
AbeBooks seller since September 16, 2009
Condition: Used - Fine
£ 35.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Fine first printing in fine dust wrapper. As-new and unread copy. Signed by the author to a preliminary 'Signed Edition' page. Stencilled fore edge in the style of a 19th century cyanotype. Undoubtedly one of the publishing highlights of 2026.
Seller Inventory # 010219
- Title
- Said the Dead - SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
- Author
- Ghríofa, Doireann Ní
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, London
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 057139616X
- ISBN 13
- 9780571396160
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
An unforgettable book - both history and ghost story - that will leave you gasping by its final page.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE
'What a ride! What she writes . . . has given me goosebumps and brought tears to my eyes' Hallie Rubenhold
'This book will be read for decades to come' Anne Enright
'Astonishing' Yiyun Li
'Extraordinary . . . intimately researched [and] wildly imaginative' Guardian
'Incantatory . . . Richly evocative and affecting' Financial Times
The more she learned, the more certain she became: this other world was alive and true and trembling, and very close to her own.
Now she had
a secret
In the city of Cork, a derelict Victorian mental hospital is being converted into modern apartments. One passerby has always flinched as she passes the place. Had she lived in another time, she too might have found herself held within those walls.
Now, she notices a sign: FOR SALE.
It is the first of many signs. Guided by an irresistible impulse, she follows them. Soon, she is trespassing, stealing, absconding from the routine of mother, spouse, daughter, as she uncovers a chorus of startling voices: those of the women who knew the hospital best. They murmur from archives and old records. They haunt from stairwells and walls. In them - and in one figure in particular -- she may find meaning and solace, righteous anger, salvation even. Or her final vanishing?
A work of sublime intensity and tenderness, Said the Dead breaks the boundaries between worlds -- past and present, imagined and real, fact and fiction -- to make something new and lasting: an experience full of danger, full of love and full of truth.
What readers are saying:
'The most extraordinary, moving book I've read in ages, blending lyrical prose, history, deep research and lived experience. I devoured it'
'This is truly the best book I have ever read'
'I have been passionately recommending this book to so many people, as it's so beautifully written, but also wildly ambitious and unique'
'Spellbinding . . . unlike anything else I've encountered'
'Read it, read it, read it. Then pick it up, and read it again'
Said the Dead was a no. 1 Irish Times bestseller w/e 23rd May to w/e 6th June
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Signature Firsts
Brecon, Powys, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since September 16, 2009
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 60 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 19.00 | £ 23.00 |
Payment methods
- Check
Store description
Private seller
Specialty
Signed books, Literary biography, Poetry, Fiction, Modern first editionsSeller's business information
Signature Firsts
United Kingdom
Terms of sale
All sales refundable if books do not meet descriptions. Every effort is made to
describe books accurately.
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Signature Firsts, Brecon, Powys, United Kingdom, +44 01874624646, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.
Stephen Ballinger
13, Parc-y-Berllan
Bronllys
Powys
LD3 0LP
UK
e.mail seballinger@hotmail.com
Tel: 01874 711805