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Catalogue Note An absolute showroom-quality copy of Nick Hayes’ Sunday Times bestselling masterpiece. Highly celebrated upon release, this volume was named a Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Spectator, and the i, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction.

The copy exhibits flawless structural presentation: pristine, bright outer softcovers with completely sharp corners, a perfectly flat, square, and uncreased spine, and immaculate, clean white pages. Free from any warehouse friction, retail stickers, or shelfwear, it offers a publisher-fresh presentation ideal for premium retail stock or collectors.

The vast majority of England is entirely closed off to the public. Under current laws of trespass, citizens are legally excluded from 92 percent of the land and 97 percent of its inland waterways—kept at bay by walls, gates, and signs whose legitimacy is rarely questioned. But behind these barriers lies a hidden, centuries-old narrative of forced enclosure, exploitation, and the systematic dispossession of public rights.

In The Book of Trespass, author, illustrator, and printmaker Nick Hayes takes readers on a poetic yet deeply political journey over the walls of England. By intentionally trespassing onto the vast, private estates of media magnates, lords, politicians, and massive corporations, Hayes illustrates how the uneven distribution of land remains the very root of modern social inequality. Weaving together the rich, forgotten histories of poachers, vagabonds, gypsies, ravers, and activists, this radical, beautifully written book transforms the way we look at the British countryside and challenges the power structures that dictate who truly belongs.