The Second Plane [Signed]

London: Jonathan Cape, 2008. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Jonathan Cape, 2008. First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo (20.4 cm), x, 214pp. Publisher's black and blue illustrated dust jacket with price intact (£12.99). Boards full bound in black cloth. Navy blue endsheets. Dust jacket joints, margins and spine ends very lightly scuffed or bumped; Verso shows minor board rubbing at joints and spine. Board corners sharp; top edge toned closest to the spine. Pasted endsheet and first free endsheet stuck at top corner, likely from binding glue; starting at title page because of this. Pages clean. A Near Fine Copy in a like dust jacket.

Signed by Martin Amis on the title page without inscription. A collection of short stories, essays, and reviews about the time surrounding and moving past September 11th, 2001. From the front flap: "It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of Liberty: that was the defining moment.