Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Beowulf by Caitlín R. Kiernan. First Edition stated, 2007 by Harper. First Printing with no subsequent printing. Introduction by Neil Gaiman.
The book is in Near Fine condition with with clean, bright boards, clean page blocks, mild spine tilt, lightly 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 first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear and no price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel’s mother. The tale of heroism and sacrifice has been transformed into a remarkable film. Directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, Warner Bros. Employing cutting-edge technologies and dazzling special effects, this ambitious, dark, exciting film reimagines the story for the 21st century and a new generation. Award-winning dark fantasist Caitlin R. Kiernan’s novelisation is both the perfect companion to the film and a compelling read in its own right.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
