TALES OF THE APT III: FOR LOVE OF DISTANT SHORES.

First edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Original black paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in the Jon Sullivan illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper that has the slightest creasing at the head of the flap folds.

Issued in a special limited edition of 100 signed copies, from which this example is numbered 65 and signed by Adrian Tchaikovsky alongside a small wasp doodle on the limitation page. The third volume of the 'Tales of the Apt' short story series, a companion series to the author's 'Shadows of the Apt' series of fantasy novels set in a universe where different races of humans known as 'kinden' take on the features and abilities of various insects. Comprising 'Cities of Silver', 'Written in Sand', 'Masters of the Spire' and 'For Love of Distant Shores'. All stories appear here for the first time, save for 'Cities of Silver' which was first published on the author's website in 2011, appearing in print here for the first time.