Child Thief, The – Brom
VG/VG

For sale: a rare first edition, early printing hardcover copy of The Child Thief by Brom. First Edition stated, 2009 EOS. Second Printing with partial number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. Very rare edition.

The book is in Very Good condition with a large damp stain on the rear board and the entire side page block. Also with bright boards, strong title ink, some smudges on the other two page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and two heavily rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with a retail inventory tag on the front paste down, hidden by the rear flap. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The interior pages are lightly puckered.

The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with a corresponding damp stain on the rear, heavy edge wear, chips and gaps, and the price intact on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

The acclaimed artist Brom brilliantly displays his multiple extraordinary talents in The Child Thief—a spellbinding re-imagining of the beloved Peter Pan story that carries readers through the perilous mist separating our world from the realm of Faerie. As Gregory Maguire did with his New York Times bestselling Wicked novels, Brom takes a classic children’s tale and turns it inside-out, painting a Neverland that, like Maguire’s Oz, is darker, richer, more complex than innocent world J.M. Barrie originally conceived. An ingeniously executed literary feat, illustrated with Brom’s sumptuous artwork, The Child Thief is contemporary fantasy at its finest—casting Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, even Captain Hook and his crew in a breathtaking new light.