THE CHILDREN OF MEN / SIGNED
Canada: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1992. First Canadian Edition. Cloth. 239 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by P. D. James on the title page ("For Frances With best wishes / P.D. James / 8 Oct. 1992"). Illustrated dust jacket. Small white envelope laid in containing book review clipping; ephemera showing provenance of acquistion of the book at an author signing at Edwards Books & Art in Toronto. Black cloth. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". From the flap blurb: "In this astonishing novel, an entirely new departure in her writing, P. D. James imagines a future England where human infertility has spread like a plague." Inscribed to San Francisco bibliophile Frances Negley, who once won a contest to be named as a character in a Jack Reacher novel. A Near Fine copy (pages slightly toned at the edges) in a Fine jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. Near Fine / Fine. Item #3092
Price: $125.00