First Centipede Press edition. Five volumes. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spines and illustration plate inlays to the upper boards, in slipcase. Red silk bookmark in each volume. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white by the author including full page and double-page spreads, with an additional portfolio of full-page colour illustrations at the rear of Vol. 3. A fine set, the bindings square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. There is one thin mark to the bottom edge of the text block on Vol. 1, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Housed in the fine original red and black cloth slipcase.
Issued in a limited edition of 100 copies, this example is numbered 39. Contains a new introduction by Katherin Rogers, wife of the late author. As the author sadly passed away during production of these limited edition sets, they are not signed. First published by the specialist fantasy publishing house Donald M. Grant Publishers in 1984, the Samurai Cat series masterfully spoofs icons of the fantasy and science fiction genre including H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, J. R. R. Tolkein's Middle Earth, the Star Wise franchise, Godzilla and many more.
Stock code: 28645
£1,200