KING RAT

First edition with these illustrations. Signed by the author. Original black faux leather with silver titles to the spine and upper board, in slipcase. With black and white illustrations by Richard Kirk. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Housed in the lightly rubbed and scuffed, black cloth slipcase.

Issued in a limited edition of 400 copies of which this example is lettered 'MMS' and is signed by China Miéville in black ink on the limitation page. A beautifully produced illustrated edition of Miéville's debut novel, an urban fantasy set in a mystical London underworld.