G.P. Taylor — Shadowmancer

Whitby, Mount Publishing Ltd, 2002 . First edition. Paperback. A fine, signed copy of the self-published first edition of G.P. Taylor's children's fantasy novel, a work of Christian allegory. Housed in a lovely cloth covered, felt-lined clamshell box. Taylor wrote this fantastical work of Christian allegory as a response to what he saw as a rise in atheist propaganda in children's books, such as Pullman's His Dark Materials.Flat signed by the author to the title page.This self-published first edition precedes the more common Faber & Faber trade edition of 2003.'Shadowmancer' would receive three sequels, in what would eventually be known as the Shadowmancer Quartet. In the publisher's original paperback binding. Externally, fine. Housed in a cloth covered, felt-lined, clamshell box, in near fine condition. Light rubbing to box back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Flat signed to title page. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .