A Game of Thrones

New York: Bantam, (1996). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 694 pp. Original quarter black paper-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($21.95) dust-jacket. Considerable handling & edge wear. Some wrinkling to the foil with creasing and lifting. Closed tear to top front panel, a few tiny tears to edges. Now protected in archival mylar. Book is mostly tight, square and firm. Handling wear and shelf wear consistent. A few page corners curled. Pages and edges a bit dusty, musty. Interior clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Good

Hardcover: Good

“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.”