The story of a film director who is dying of cancer. His greatest film would have told the story of a European village as the last hour of 999 AD approached. The villagers feel Armageddon is imminent. The director works it all out in his head, a film never to be seen. By no-one but the reader.
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Neil Gaiman is the bestselling, multi-prize-winning author of many books for adults and children, among them novels and graphic novels, including the Sandman comic series, which has sold over a million copies in hardback and paperback. Neil is also a screenplay writer. He is British and lives in America. Dave McKean is a long-term collaborator of Neil's and has worked with him on many titles, including the Sandman series, for which he won a World Fantasy Award. The children's picture book The Wolves in the Walls was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. He won the Smarties Gold Award in 2005 for Varjak Paw by S. F. Said. Dave is also a film-maker. He lives in Kent.
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Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: New. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN: 057505140X Pages: 80 (unpaginated). Lower corner very slightly bumped otherwise fine. Excellent condition. Seller Inventory # A88861
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Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. Original publisher's illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN: 057505140X Pages: 80 Slightly bumped at lower corners else very good indeed. Seller Inventory # C69423
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Seller: Shade of the Cottonwood, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. McKean, Dave (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine hardback, Unread or very lightly read, and free of owner's marks. Minimal shelfwear. top outer corner coverboard lightly rubbed. Coverboards are pictorial and no dj was issued. Seller Inventory # 2813
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Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. McKean, Dave (illustrator). Folio. Out of Print. SIGNED by Neil Gaiman in bronze marker on second page leaf. No DJ. Previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper. Shelfwear: light rubbing along edges and covers, corners are lightly bumped. Tightly bound. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 55850
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Seller: Fiction First, Congleton, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dave McKean (illustrator). First Edition. A fine 1st impression bound in illustrated boards, Signed by Neil Gaiman in red felt tip on the free front endpaper. A very small amount of damage to the top of the back board and a light bump to the bottom corner of the back board else fine. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 004178
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Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dave McKean (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with no reprint statement to the copyright page as called for to indicate a true first print in illustrated boards. Issued simultaneously in soft cover and Hardcover this is the far scarcer hardcover edition. Tiny price to upper endpage otherwise unmarked. Seller Inventory # 002182
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Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dave McKean (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with no reprint statement to the copyright page as called for to indicate a true first print in illustrated boards. Issued simultaneously in soft cover and Hardcover this is the far scarcer hardcover edition. Signed by Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman to the front end page. Knock to the outside top edge of the six center pages with tiny closed tears, otherwise unmarked. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002441
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