Neverwhere: The Author's Preferred Text

Overview:

  • Title: Neverwhere: The Author's Preferred Text
  • Author: Neil Gaiman
  • Year: 2017
  • ISBN-10: 9780062839879
  • Publisher: William Morrow / HarperCollins
  • Price: $19.99
  • Pages: [12]+435
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Neverwhere
  • Notes:
    • Signed by the author on a sheet bound after the front loose endpaper and bearing the statement "This signed edition of NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman / Illustrated by Chris Riddell has been specially bound and produced by the publisher".
    • "FIRST US EDITION" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "17 18 19 20 21 LSC 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
    • The ISBNs for both this "B&N signed edition" and the standard hardcover edition (978-0-0628-2133-1 [sic]) are stated on the copyright page. A barcode for this edition's ISBN is also printed on the back board of the book.
    • The subtitle is only given on the title page.
    • "Illustrated by Chris Riddell" stated on the title page and on the front of the book.
    • Book issued without dust jacket in illustrated boards.
    • "Cover illustration © Chris Riddell" printed on the inside of the back board.
    • The twelve pages preceding the unnumbered first page of the novel have been added to this record in order to place the introduction. There are illustrations on pages 7 and 12. On page 8, there is a short epigraph from G. K. Chesterton's "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" and a traditional poem "The Lyke Wake Dirge."
    • Publication date from Amazon.com