HALF BAD by Green, Sally - 2014

London, England: Penguin Books, 2014. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. London, England: Penguin Books, 2014. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 388 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most sensational literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the American Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. "Signed By The Author" orange sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now scarce. The book is very beautifully produced indeed, on archival stock paper, with silver boards, matching silver ribbon marker, silver circles on the page edges, and silver pictorial DJ, as we have come to expect of British publishing. Presents Sally Green's "Half Bad". A global bestseller, the first book of the projected "Half Bad" trilogy. "In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White Witches, who are good; Black Witches, who are evil; and sixteen-year-old Nathan, who is both [hence the novel's and trilogy's title]. Nathan's father is the world's most powerful and cruel Black Witch. His mother is dead. He is hunted from all sides. Trapped in a cage, beaten and handcuffed, Nathan must escape before his seventeenth birthday, at which point he will receive three gifts from his father and come into his own as a witch, or else he will die. In the tradition of Patrick Ness and Markus Zusak, 'Half Bad' is a gripping tale of alienation and the indomitable will to survive, a story that will grab hold of you and not let go until the very last page" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Sally Green collectors. <b><i> This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Sally Green. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. </b></i> One of the most brilliant British writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0670016780.