Double signed by the author

Garner, Alan ~ Boneland : Signed By The Author

Third UK Printing : Fourth Estate, London : 2012

The Third UK Printing published by Fourth Estate, London in 2012. 8vo., grey boards lettered in black to spine with publisher’s device to foot; endpapers showing Hubble telescope images from deep space; wrapper photograph by R A Kearton, and a portrait of the author to the rear panel; BOOK and WRAPPER are in fine condition. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. This copy has been double signed by the author, the first ‘For Brenda, from Alan’ to the half title, and then simply signed without dedication to the title page. Brenda is the author’s cousin and Goddaughter. The long-awaited concluding novel in what is known as the Weirdstone trilogy, which began with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley in 1960, and was followed by The Moon of Gomrath in 1963. Falling out of love with the characters, Garner went so far as to dismiss his first book as “fairly bad”, but after some revisions, a 50th anniversary edition (released in 2010) and a BBC radio 4 adaptation, the final work was released in the summer of 2012, over 50 years after the publication of the first work in the series. Scarce as a signed title.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Fine
JACKET: Fine