Gilded [signed] [first edition]

SIGNED - Octavo. Black boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on the spine. Book has a very light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Orange endpapers. Signed by the author in blue felt tipped pen on a special tip-in page bound into the front of the book by the publisher. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 502 pages. Dust Jacket - has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the tips of the two upper outside corners - jacket is otherwsie clean, bright, and sharp. A lovely copy!