A Game of Thrones (First Edition)

Martin, George R. R.

ISBN 10: 0553103547 / ISBN 13: 9780553103540

Published by Bantam, New York, 1996

New York: Bantam, 1996. First edition. First printing, with full number line including the 1. Hardcover. Black boards with black cloth spine and silver spine lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy with a bright jacket. Publisher s original price intact on jacket flap ($21.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Octavo, 694 pages. Map-illustrated endpapers. "A Game of Thrones" is George R. R. Martin s sixth novel, and the first volume in his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. The book redefined modern fantasy with its political complexity, moral ambiguity, and expansive world-building, and served as the basis for the HBO adaptation Game of Thrones (2011 2019). Seller Inventory # Fiction-Collections-Martin

Synopsis:

NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON

Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.

Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.

Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.

About the Author: George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire (with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson). As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Game of Thrones (First Edition)
Publisher: Bantam, New York
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition