Jonathan Stroud — The Last Siege

London, Doubleday, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely, signed copy of Jonathan Stroud's The Last Siege, in the original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper, signed by the author to the title page. A signed copy of Jonathan Stroud's 2003 The Last Siege, in the publisher's original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author in blue ink to the title page.The first edition, first impression of this novel. The story involves a chance encounter on the snowy slopes of a castle moat that brings about an unlikely friendship between three teenagers. Jonathan Anthony Stroud is a British writer of fantasy fiction, best known for the Bartimaeus young adult sequence and Lockwood & Co. children's series. His books have received note for their satire, and use of magic to reflect themes of class struggle. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Dust wrapper excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Signed by the author in blue ink to the title page. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.