THE SUMMER ISLES

First edition in book form. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Publisher's original quarter black faux leather and tan brown velvet, with gilt titles to the spine and a facsimile of the author's signature in gilt and a white pictorial title label to the upper board. A publisher's barcode label is fixed to the lower board. White satin bookmark. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps.

Issued in an edition of 500 copies, from which this example is numbered 223, and signed by the author Ian R. MacLeod in blue ink on the limitation page. A 'collector's edition' of prolific science fiction author Ian R. MacLeod's acclaimed novella, which was first published in the October / November 1993 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. It went on to win the World Fantasy Award for 'Best Novella' in 1999 and received a nomination for the Hugo Award in the same year. This deluxe edition, produced by Aio Publishing, was nominated for the 2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award.