Description
For sale: a Rare first hardcover edition, first printing of The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman. First US Edition stated, 2013 Harper Collins. First Printing with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Illustrated by Chris Riddell .
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine and the front cover illustration, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the illustrated end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The see-through dust jacket is in Very Good condition with mild surface and edge wear, and the price on the rear. First state jacket is rippled but clean.
In this captivating and darkly funny tale, Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell have twisted together the familiar and the new as well as the beautiful and the wicked to tell a brilliant version of Snow White’s (sort of) and Sleeping Beauty’s (almost) stories. The result is a beautiful and coveted edition of The Sleeper and the Spindle that the Guardian calls “a refreshing, much-needed twist on a classic story.”
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
