PRINCE OF THORNS. Book One of The Broken Empire.

First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original black boards with red foil titles to the spine, in the Jason Chan illustrated dustwrapper. With a black and white map. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the boards clean and fresh. There is a bookplate to the front free endpaper, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine dustwrapper that has a publisher's review label to the front panel. Not price-clipped (£14.99 to the lower front flap).

Signed by Mark Lawrence in black ink on the half title. The first novel in Lawrence's 'The Broken Empire' fantasy trilogy. Finalist for the 2012 David Gemmell Morningstar Award.