First edition, first impression, inscribed by Ackroyd "For P. Murray, from Peter Ackroyd, London: January 28, 1986" on the title page, with an additional signature by the author. The recipient was noted Irish bibliophile Dr Philip Murray, author of The Adventures of a Book Collector (2011). Hawksmoor was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize and Best Novel and the 1985 Whitbread Awards.
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