HOUSE OF LEAVES [SIGNED Z TWICE PLUS DRAWING] by Danielewski, Mark Z - 2000

New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. Second Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. large Octavo, 707 pages; VG/VG; spine black and white with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$40.00'; At the authors request, this edition is labeled as the second edition, as technically the first complete edition was actually issued on the internet. As such, 'FIRST EDITION' is stated on the copyright page, with a full number line, but '2nd Edition' is stated at the foot of the title page. The hardcover first edition was limited to 2,000 copies. A thousand copies were unsigned with the ISBN of 0-375-42052-5, and a thousand copies were signed by the author and issued with the ISBN of 0-375-41034-1. This is one of the 800 that were signed on a tipped in page with a large 'Z' in blue ink. He also signed Z in script on the "This is not for you page" together with a rough schematic drawing of walls, a door and three tiny explorers in red, and dated in blue '3/14/00'; text block clean, lacking the common red remainder dot; in excellent condition; MS consignment; shelved case 6. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.