THE SUMMER ISLES

First edition in book form. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Publisher's original brown flocked boards with a black faux leather spine lettered in gilt, with a facsimile of the author's signature in gilt and a white inlaid pictorial title label to the upper board. A publisher's barcode label is fixed to the lower board. White satin bookmark. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents with a touch of bleed from the front endpaper to the very bottom edge of the early pages, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Issued in a limited edition of 500 copies, from which this example is numbered 418 and signed by Ian R. MacLeod in blue ink on the limitation page. A 'collector's edition' of the prolific science fiction author Ian R. MacLeod's acclaimed novella, which was first published in the October / November 1993 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. It went on to win the World Fantasy Award for 'Best Novella' in 1999 and received a nomination for the Hugo Award in the same year. This deluxe edition, produced by Aio Publishing, was nominated for the 2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…