The Book Thief {First UK Edition/First Printing; Signed, Provenance Included}

SIGNED BY AUTHOR!! True First UK Edition, First Printing, Full Number-line with # 1 (Doubleday, 2007)**UNREAD** A BEAUTIFUL BOOK! Signed on the Full Title Page. Photo of him signing as well as provenance included. The photographs are for the book you are buying. Photo of the signing event is included. Now, the book: Hardcovers are As New, sharp corners. Spine is Fine, perfect lettering, no creasing, UNREAD, a very mild bump to the rear spine end, not very noticeable. Pages are clean, with no writing or folding, very light age tanning as is common in this title, but this copy MUCH, MUCH less so. Dust Jacket is Fine, VERY RARE for this fragile jacket, Protected in a clear archival sleeve. £12.99 Price is intact. This is the True First UK Hardcover, often called the "adult edition" (only because of the dust Jacket artwork, no changes to the story), published three weeks before The Bodley Head "children's" or "young adult" edition. (Original Australian Soft-cover was first published in Australia in 2005) (US Hardcover was first published in 2006 by Knopf), (The UK First Hardcovers published in 2007). **Please Note: Extra insurance charges will apply.** **I also am a collector and know all too well what it is like receiving a book not as described. This does not happen here. I am passionate about honesty, quality and customer satisfaction. I have a NO DISAPPOINTMENT policy. My books are always carefully shipped in well-padded boxes and always smoke and odor free.**.