"I PREFER MY HISTORY DEAED. DEAD HISTORY IS WRIT IN INK, THE LIVING SORT IN BLOOD"

MARTIN, George R.R. A Feast for Crows. New York: Bantam, (2005). Thick octavo, original half red cloth, cartographic endpapers, original dust jacket. $850.

First edition of the fourth novel in Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire” saga—“one of the best fantasy series ever written"—signed by him on the title page.

Publication of the first five books in George R.R. Martin's brilliantly conceived series A Song of Ice and Fire earned him the title of "the American Tolkien" (Time Magazine). "Martin possesses a nearly supernatural gift for storytelling… His finest creations thus far are Tyrion Lannister, Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen… Moreover, historical asides are inseparable from the books' larger narratives, so as you're propelled through the story, the sensation is like riding a wave" (New York Times). Likening it to not only Tolkien's Lord of the Rings but also The Once and Future King by T.H. White, critics deem Martin's work "one of the best fantasy series ever written" (Denver Post). Date stamp, evidence of label removal on rear free endpaper.

Short closed tear to top of dust jacket rear flap fold. Very nearly fine condition.