A Game Of Thrones Book One Of A Song Of Ice And Fire

Martin, George R. R.

ISBN 10: 0553103547 / ISBN 13: 9780553103540

Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1996

About this Item

Signed on tipped in page by George R. R. Martin.First Edition, Fourteenth Printing. Light bumping to top and bottom of outer spine. Gilding on outer spine. Minor scuffing to boards. Dust jacket shows minimal signs of reading, handling and shelf wear. Light scuffing to covers. Light bumping to top and bottom spine of dust jacket. Light rubbing to back top left corner. Autograph hype stocker on front cover of dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 8222

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Game Of Thrones Book One Of A Song Of Ice And Fire
• Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553103547
• ISBN 13: 9780553103540
• Binding: Hardcover, 694 pages
• Edition: First Edition, Fourteenth Printing.
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy
  • First Editions
  • Signed Books

About this title

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.