The Book** Prize Winner (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on reverse of front endpaper. Signing reads, 'Best wishes/Jonathan King'. A novel in which a single, female novelist, Elizabeth Regina, churns out a never ending stream of romantic novels. But now at fifty-one she yearns to be taken seriously by the literary establishment and to find a partner. But who could have predicted that literary success and romance would enter her life courtesy of a gay crippled dwarf, half Moroccan, half Yorkshireman. A most original love story, featuring two vulnerable and unconventional characters who find each other against all odds. D/w front panel has a small rectangular 'Signed Copy' sticker; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.