The Eyre Affair [Signed]

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. Very Good +/Near Fine. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm), [viii], 384pp + 3 ads. Publisher's red dust jacket with price intact (£16.99). Boards full bound in bright blue cloth with silver stamping on spine. Dust jacket margins and spine ends are slightly creased and bumped. Board corners sharp; Front cover margin and spine ends bumped. Book block pulling slightly away from head of spine. Stripe of discoloration at top edge near spine. A Very Good or Better copy in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Fforde's first novel. Signed by Jasper Fforde on the title page. Insert for faux "Version 1.4" loosely laid in and joke ads in the back. The first novel in the Thursday Next series of mysteries set in an alternate history where books are the primary, and most important, media.