HarperCollins Voyager, London 2005
First UK Edition, First Printing, Signed: Fine/Near fine condition book in a beautiful dust jacket. SIGNED across the title page by George R.R. Martin “George Martin”. Book Four of the author’s acclaimed Game of Thrones series. The UK editions from HarperCollins Voyager precedes the US editions from Bantam Books NY., and are exceedingly difficult to locate signed.
The Game of Thrones Series has been likened to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings saga and T.H. White’s Once and Future King. Critics call this “one of the best fantasy series ever written” (Denver Post). The books in the series have sold more than 15 million copies and have been translated into more than 20 languages. A Game of Thrones is the first of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published in August 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award, and was nominated for both the 1998 Nebula Award and the 1997 World Fantasy Award. The novella Blood of the Dragon, comprising the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel, won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novella. In January 2011 the novel became a New York Times bestseller and reached #1 on the list in July 2011.
The book has crisp red boards with vibrant gilt titles to the spine. The boards have sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. Clean endpapers with no owner names, inscriptions, no bookplates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with No marks, No stains, No writing, No handling marks, and No foxing. SIGNED across the title page by George R.R. Martin “George Martin”. A beautiful clean, example of this landmark title, appearing as unread!
The original vibrant first edition dust jacket is in beautiful near fine condition with but a small surface abrasion to the lower spine edge. The jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of £18.99.
