"WHEN YOU PLAY A GAME OF THRONES YOU WIN OR DIE": FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK IN GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S EPIC FANTASY SERIES, SIGNED BY HIM
MARTIN, George R.R. A Game of Thrones. Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire. New York: Bantam, (1996). Thick octavo, original black paper boards, cartographic endpapers, original dust jacket.
First edition of the first novel in Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire"—"one of the best fantasy series ever written"—boldly signed 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). Basis for the HBO series.
A fine signed copy.