A Series of Unfortunate Events: Volumes 1 to 10 and The Unauthorized Biography (First UK Editions, Signed) The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, The Carnivorous Carnival, The Slippery Slope and The Unauthorized Autobiography

Daniel Handler writing as Lemony Snicket; Brett Helquist (illustrator)

ISBN 10: 0749746114 / ISBN 13: 9780749746117

Published by Egmont, London, 2004

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First UK Editions of the first ten volumes of A Series of Unfortunate Events, plus the author s "Unauthorized Autobiography," issued in a matching binding. All volumes except the first volume and the separate autobiography are signed in the author s usual fashion, each with his blindstamp, "From the Library of Lemony Snicket," on the dedication page, and the author's ink notation, "With all due respect," and a date of 2004 across the stamp. Books 6, 7, and The Unauthorized Autobiography include the original publisher's wraparound band. All volumes Near Fine or better, lovely and unread. Sold only as a set. Seller Inventory # 158099

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Series of Unfortunate Events: Volumes 1 to...

Publisher: Egmont, London

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis:

Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pages; Physical desc. : 162 p. : illus. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Orphans - Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters - Juvenile fiction. Humorous stories - Children's stories.

Review:

"Written with old-fashioned flair, this fast-paced book is not for the squeamish: the Baudelaire children are truly sympathetic characters who encounter a multitude of distressing situations. Those who enjoy a little poison in their porridge will find it wicked good fun." Kirkus Reviews