Welcome to the bizarre and dangerous world of Victorian London, a city teetering on the edge of revolution. Its people are ushering in a new era of technology, dazzled each day by new inventions. Airships soar in the skies over the city, whilst ground trains rumble through the streets and clockwork automatons are programmed to carry out menial tasks in the offices of lawyers, policemen and journalists. But beneath this shiny veneer of progress lurks a sinister side. For this is also a world where lycanthropy is a rampant disease that plagues the dirty whorehouses of Whitechapel, where poltergeist infestations create havoc in old country seats, where cadavers can rise from the dead and where nobody ever goes near the Natural History Museum.
Finalist for the "Masterton et Bob Morane" 2012 award.
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George Mann is the author of The Affinity Bridge, Ghosts of Manhattan and The Human Abstract, as well as numerous short stories, novellas and an original Doctor Who audiobook.
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK Edition. slipcased edition one of only 500 copies of which this is copy number439 signed by the author with felt bagged coin included. Signed and Number Slipcased. Book. Seller Inventory # 049537
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited/Numbered. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's original Pictorial Boards with Matching Dust-Jacket and it comes housed in the same design to the slip-case.Signed By George Mann on the blank front endpaper and this copy is number 61 from a run of 500 copies.The book has no faults and has not been read so (As New) boxed and stored away from daylight since it's purchase.We have recently acquired a large and wonderful collection of approx 1000 Signed Modern Firsts,all in 'As New' Condition and unread,with many Signed and Dated and there are many Signed Limited Editions also.They include Crime Fiction,Fantasy,Science Fiction,Horror and Historical Fiction.This is a great copy for the collector of this Science Fiction title and as good as it gets in terms of condition,8vo Limited Edition [2008]. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 85978
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Limited Edition. Limited edition signed. Never opened, still in shrink-wrapped slip case. Perfect condition. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 2
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Signed by the author on the front endpaper with a special coin in a velvet bag, loosely inserted. Limited edition of 500 copies, this being no. 450. ISBN: 1905005938 Pages: 416 Fine in fine dust jacket and slip-case. Signedes. Seller Inventory # C98487
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. LIMITED, NUMBERED, SLIPCASED EDITION. Book in as new, unread, FINE/FINE condition. SIGNED & NUMBERED BY AUTHOR who as also SIGNED, LINED & DATED on front end paper. Complete with coin in felt pouch. LIMITED EDITION OF 500. Synopsis: Welcome to the bizarre and dangerous world of Victorian London, a city teetering on the edge of revolution. Its people are ushering in a new era of technology, dazzled each day by new inventions. Airships soar in the skies over the city, whilst ground trains rumble through the streets and clockwork automatons are programmed to carry out menial tasks in the offices of lawyers, policemen and journalists. But beneath this shiny veneer of progress lurks a sinister side. For this is also a world where ghostly policemen haunt the fog-laden alleyways of Whitechapel, where cadavers can rise from the dead and where Sir Maurice Newbury, Gentleman Investigator for the Crown, works tirelessly to protect the Empire from her foes.When an airship crashes in mysterious circumstances, Sir Maurice and his recently appointed assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes are called in to investigate. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard is baffled by a spate of grisly murders and a terrifying plague is ravaging the slums of the city. So begins an adventure quite unlike any other, a thrilling steampunk mystery and the first in the series of "Newbury & Hobbes" investigations. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002344
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. An as new first printing in a likewise unclipped dust jacket being housed in a superbly illustrated slipcase. This immaculate unread gift condition copy is SIGNED, LUINED " Pro Victoria! Pro Empire Pro Veratio by the Author. Also really low numbered out of 500 having the cherished coin loose laid in. Absolutely superb attributes. Author Signed. Seller Inventory # 004704
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