Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, second printing hardcover copy of The Sandman Overture by Neil Gaiman in a Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition unstated, 2015 Vertigo. First Printing with no subsequent printing. Illustrated by J.H. Williams III and Dave Stewart.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean illustrated boards, strong title ink on the illustrated spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and two bumped corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no other marks, inscriptions or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and no price on the front flap as issued.
The Sandman: Overture heralds Neil Gaiman’s return to the art form that made him famous, ably abetted by artistic luminary JH Williams III (Batwoman, Promethea), whose lush, widescreen images provide an epic scope to The Sandman’s origin story. From the birth of a galaxy to the moment that Morpheus is captured, The Sandman: Overture features cameo appearances by fan-favorite characters such as The Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and, of course, the Dream King’s siblings: Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
