Paul Stewart; Chris Riddell — Beyond the Deepwoods the Edge Chronicles

London, Doubleday , 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the first novel from the 'Edge Chronicles' series by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. The first edition. Signed by the illustrator author, Chris Riddell, to the title page, with an inscription to the dedication page ; "To George Locke, Best wishes, Chris R".In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated by Chris Riddell with monochrome vignettes and full page illustrations. This fantasy novel is the first book from the 'Edge Chronicles' series and the first novel from the 'Twig Trilogy&apos. The series was co written by Paul Stewart and artist Chris Riddell who also illustrated the works and dust wrappers. This children's series takes place in the fictional world of 'The Edge', with this novel following the protagonist, Twig, who was raised by wood trolls who goes off to find others like himself. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. The wrap is also lovely with only the odd slight mark. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.