A Game of Thrones

New York: Bantam Spectra, (2002). First edition THUS, 1st printing. 8vo. 694 pp. Original quarter blue cloth over grey paper-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($26.95) dust-jacket. Light edge wear, particular to spine ends and corners. Handling and shelf wear very minor. Variant dust jacket with Jon Snow to the front cover. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Mild handling wear present with some markings to panels - particular to front panel. Corners mostly sharp. General toning and smudges to page edges. Light curling to spine ends with some toning. Separation starting from binding spine and front hinge. Interior clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Very 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.”