Bridget Collins BINDING First ed. SIGNED and similar items

THE BINDING by Bridget Collins. (London): The Burough Press, (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd.), In Association With Goldsboro Books, 2019. First edition, first printing; Limited Signed issue. "First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019" statement and first printing code I to the copyright page. Limited to 250 numbered copies, SIGNED by the author to a special leaf-illustrated printed limitation page and hand numbered 216. Shortlisted for Waterstone's Book of the Year. Under the name B.R. Collins, the author has garnered numerous awards for her young adult novels. Collins's debut adult novel, set in a magic alternate 19th century England, features a young man who has symptoms of a nervous breakdown, and finds a soothing and healing job as an historically well-depicted book binder, until he discovers that memories people wish to forget are taken away by printing and binding them in volumes stored at his boss's locked backroom. Fine, square, very tight and firm in black linen with elaborately decorative gilt embossing to the front and rear covers, gilt embossed titles and elaborate decorations to the spine (mirrored from the spine design for the double-sided laid-in bookmark), marble end-papers, all page edges bright blue, golden headband and tail-band; in a fine crisp dust jacket; original printed 12.99 price still intact to the front inner flap. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!