A Game of Thrones

New York: Bantam, (1996). First american edition, advance reading copy. 8vo. 663 pp. Original white wraps, in original illustrated dust-jacket with gold foil circular review sticker intact. Trivial edge wear and handling to wraps. Trace sunning to spine, hardly visible. Page edges mildly toned, slight nicks. Signed by the author in brown marker to the title page. Very scarce.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“A Game of Thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on August 1, 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award and was nominated for both the 1997 Nebula Award and the 1997 World Fantasy Award. The novella Blood of the Dragon, comprising the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel, won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novella. In January 2011, the novel became a New York Times Bestseller and reached No. 1 on the list in July 2011. It is also the namesake and basis for the first season of Game of Thrones, an HBO television series that premiered in April 2011.”