G. P. Taylor — Shadowmancer; Wormwood

London, Faber and Faber , 2003-2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed set of G. P. Taylor's popular fantasy adventure novels, including both the paperback and hardback first editions. The first trade edition, first impression of 'Shadowmancer', preceded by the true first edition of 2002, published privately by Mount Publishing. The first edition, first impression of 'Wormwood&apos. This set includes the paperback and cloth hardback editions of these two works, making four volumes in total. Cloth hardbacks are complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers.'Shadowmancer' is the first of four books generally referred to as The Shadowmancer Quartet. It is a bestselling fantasy-adventure novel that takes place in Whitby and concerns the evil sorcerer Reverend Obadiah Demurral. Its sequel, 'Wormwood', follows the adventures of Dr. Sabian Blake and his servant girl, Agetta Lamian.A bestseller in the UK and the US, this novel is a Christian allegory in the form of a fantasy adventure, similar to C. S. Lewis's 'The Chronicles of Narnia&apos. Two paperbacks in the original pictorial wraps, and two hardbacks in the original cloth, with the original dust wrappers. Externally, lovely, with only a hint of shelf wear to the paperback spines. Dust wrappers are excellent, with minor bumping to the spine heads and tails. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.