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FORESTER**, MICHAEL: : DRAGONSONG. ** [Author SIGNED copy. **]

UK.PADSTOW,CORNWALL.PARALIGHT PRESS,2017.

ISBN 9780995524859.

UK,small 8vo paperback Original,author SIGNED, 1st edn. [Paperback Original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back Originals are published prior to any other format in the country of origin and sometimes,worldwide.] NMINT. Wrapped,protected,stored from day of issue/purchase,so NO owner inscrptn but includes author's typewritten slip to give a review and offering a free copy of his short story collection 'REDBUDS' if subscribing to his newsletter;and also the author's handwritten, black ink dedicatee 'name and Best Wishes' and author's signature to half-title page,and an anomaly of absence of publisher's printed price - a production fault(?),so NO price removal from rear card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt colour pictorial dragon's head illustrated covers - images copyrighted by author - to front cover with author's name and book's title in capitalised,glossy gold coloured lettering,spine/backstrip without any reading creases and front's repeated colour thumbnail illustration at it's head, repeated coloured+ lettered author name and title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,glossy white-lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with different colour thumbnail of a Dragon's head and gold lettered synopsis.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight and pristine - unread other than my own collation. UK,small 8vo paperback Original,author SIGNED, 1st edn,XIIIpp+3-257pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,a Prologue,Books the First to the Fourth: Lady Attie of the Lake,The Secret of Albion, Dragonsong,and The Sleepstone respectively - the book's text in verse - and Acknowledgements at the rear which also includes 4pp publisher/author b/w thumbnail illustrated advertisements for his other titles and a potted biography of author with 2 thumbnail b/w portraits; plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED dedication to half-title,a title page,a page of author's other titles,4 couplets of verse, individual Books' separator pages and 2pp blanks as last pages. See also my book ID rja1169124 for another author SIGNED example of this same title.        Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 5+ year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral paperback Original.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in such an item. An epic fantasy of good and evil in the Arthurian tradition,exploring fundamental themes of good and evil,jealousy and revenge.Woven together with a gripping and powerful plot,the pattern of the language,the musicality of the form and the profound emotions invoked carry the reader to extremes of human experience and capability at both its best and worse. Rebkah,daughter of Merlin and noblewoman of Albion has been driven to madness by the murder of her lover Vidar.In her torment she bargains with the Prince of Demons to turn her into a dragon.Once transformed,she seeks to take revenge upon her father,Merlin whom she is fooled into believing is responsible for Vidar's death. Behind the subterfuge stands Oberon,Captain-King of Elves,who cannot forsee the devastation his jealousy and unrequited love for Rebekah will unleash upon the world og Gaia.Its salvation depends on the retreival of the Sleep Stone from the gates of Hell.But if the stone is not returned the demon army will awake and ransack Gaia in a war that will destroy its existence.Time is the solution - but only if the gods of Asgard can find a way of stopping it. The author is a deafened author who lives in Hampshire's New Forest with his Hearing Dog Matt.His other titles include If It Wasn't for That Dog! - an account of the first year with his Hearing Dog, 'The Goblin Child', 'A Home For Other Gods' - a metaphor of The Emperor's New Clothes meets the satirical bureaucracy of Yes Minister,to culminate in a frighteningly ludicrous vision beyond George Orwell's Nineteen Eight-Four.Is this the world of Orwell? Of Kafka? Or is it,in truth,the very world in which you are now living? 'Forest Rain - Spiritual Learnings for a New Age. Please contact the seller,because of the lighter weight of this item - particularly ALL overseas buyers - for correct shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. 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UK,small 8vo paperback Original, author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED+dedicated.

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