THE FATHER OF LIES

First edition. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Vincent Chong illustrated dustwrapper. Textured endpapers. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little rubbing to the spine tips, and a touch of fading to the bottom right corner of the upper board. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, and without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($40 to the upper front flap).

Issued in an edition of 1000 copies, from which this example is numbered 732, and signed by K. J. Parker in black ink on the limitation page. K. J. Parker's true identity, Tom Holt, was kept secret for 17 years, until April 2015. This collection of twelve novellas and novelettes comprises some of his most celebrated short works of fiction, including the Locus Award-nominated 'The Things We Do for Love'; 'I Met a Man Who Wasn't There'; 'Heaven Thunders the Truth'; and 'The Dragonslayer of Merebarton'.