PRINCE OF THORNS. Book One of The Broken Empire.

First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with red titles to the spine, in the Jason Chan illustrated dustwrapper. With a black and white line-drawn map illustration preceding the text. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth a little marked to the upper board, with mild rubbing to the spine tips. The contents, with light spotting to the top edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, which has a small brown mark to the rear flap fold, and is otherwise without fading, loss or tears. 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 fantasy 'The Broken Empire' trilogy. Finalist for the 2012 David Gemmell Morningstar Award.