Chris Cleave — Incendiary; the Other Hand; Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
London, Chatto and Windus; Sceptre, 2005-2016. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing selection of signed first impression novels by Chris Cleaves, including a limited edition of his debut 'Incendiary&apos. Signed by the author to the title pages. The first editions, first impressions of these works. Complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers. No dust wrapper to 'Everyone Brave is Forgiven', as issued. Chris Cleave is a British writer and journalist. His debut novel 'Incendiary' garnered international headlines for the eerie similarity of its plot to the 7 July 2005 London bombings in England carried out on the same day it was published. The novel won a 2006 Somerset Maugham Award and was adapted into a 2008 film starring Michelle Williams and Ewan McGregor.  He has three other published novels, two of which are included in this set: 'Incendiary' (2005) - A limited edition of 500 copies numbered and signed by the author. This copy is number 87. 'The Other Hand' (2008) - With the orange variant dust wrapper printed with 'Signed First Edition' to the corner.'Everyone Brave is Forgiven' (2016) - With three exclusive stamps: a red postbox, a "Passed Fit for Active Service" and a purple "Passed by Censor" stamp together with the author's signature. In the original bindings, quarter cloth to 'Forgiven&apos. With the original unclipped dust wrappers to 'Other Hand' and 'Incendiary&apos. Externally, lovely, with only a small white mark to the cloth of 'Forgiven&apos. Dust wrappers are also lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.