A painstakingly produced limited edition of a beloved classic by #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman. Limited to a single edition of just 1,000 copies, the limited edition of Neverwhere is an example of bookmaking at its finest.
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author's ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his "preferred text"—and including his special Neverwhere tale "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back"
Published in 1997, Neil Gaiman's darkly hypnotic first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the arrival of a major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy. Over the years, a number of versions were produced both in the U.S. and the U.K. Now Gaiman's preferred edition of his classic novel reconciles these works and reinstates a number of scenes cut from the original published books.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew, a young London businessman with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he discovers a girl bleeding on the sidewalk. He stops to help her—an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed.
Slipping through the cracks of reality, Richard lands in the Neverwhere—a London of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels that exists entirely in a subterranean labyrinth. The Neverwhere is home to Door, the mysterious girl Richard helped in the London Above. Door, a noblewoman whose family has been murdered, is on a quest to find the agent that slaughtered her family and thwart the destruction of this underworld kingdom. If Richard is ever to return to his former life, he must join the journey to save Door's world—and find a way to survive.
A hallucinatory fantasia of mystery, mythology, and terror that "draws equally from George Lucas, Monty Python, Doctor Who, and John Milton" (USA Today), Neverwhere is an "Alice in Wonderland with a punk edge" (Poppy Z. Brite), "that is both the stuff of dreams and nightmares" (San Diego Union-Tribune).
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 309 pages, 4to. Limited Edition of 1000 signed and numbered copies. This is copy 144. SIGNED by Neil Gaiman on limited page. Includes slipcase. Bound in black textured cloth. Minor shelfwear, light tear along spine edge of limited page. Some light scuffing on sides of slipcase, light fading along spine edges and spine and top edge of slipcase. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 063369
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. AS New in As New slipcase and original mailing carton. Number 189 of 1000 signed by Gaiman. IB. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 159183
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1ST. Outstanding Copy - This Numbered Edition Is 959 Of 1000. Signed By Neil Gaiman On The Special Limitation Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Thanks And Enjoy. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 037161
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None (as issued). Gilbert, Anne Yvonne (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1 of 304 copies, SIGNED on a special signature page by the AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR. Bound in black cloth with white, red, and silver embossed imagery on covers and spine, in like-bound decorated slipcase. Illustrated endpapers and a placemarker ribbon. This is perhaps the most densely illustrated special edition of a book I've ever seen - it's a marvel in every way. It fits beautifully into the slipcase like a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore. You'll feel as though you've been wandering over the hills and far away, beyond the fields we know, through faery lands forlorn, once this book is in your hands!. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 036400
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None (as issued). 1st Edition. SIGNED on the special signature page by the AUTHOR, 1 of 1000 copies (#790, if it matters). Author's Preferred Text. Bound in deep blue-black cloth with gold embossed imagery on cover and lettering on spine, in like-bound slipcase with die-cut window for image. Done in the style of Hill House's previous publications, but their bankruptcy led to Morrow's assumption of the project, and they kept the same production design. Special addendum to this limited edition: "The Neverwhere Files"--material from the author's files that give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the evolution of the novel. Tucked nicely into the original shipping box like a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore. You'll feel as though you've been wandering over the hills and far away, beyond the fields we know, through faery lands forlorn, once this book is in your hands!. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 034831