Octavia Butler Kindred Signed First Folio Edition

First Folio edition, first impression - in new/unread condition and presented in a matching slipcase. Illustrated and signed by the artist James E Ransome.

The past becomes a deadly leash in Octavia E. Butler's remarkable science-fiction thriller. This special Folio Society edition features work by award-winning artist James E. Butler is one of the most important figures in speculative fiction history; a pioneering African-American author who won multiple awards and changed the very foundations of the genre. Is perhaps her most iconic novel, a ground-breaking time-travel thriller that plunges its heroine into pre-Civil War America, challenging the reader to witness the horrors of slavery.

For this edition, celebrated artist James E. Ransome was commissioned to provide a series of emotive illustrations and a beautifully simple binding design. In her exclusive introduction, author and journalist Tananarive Due draws on interviews with Butler to take a deeper look at this essential novel, and the questions it raises about history, guilt and survival.

Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations, including 1 double-page spread. This item is in the category "Books, Comics & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectable". The seller is "stepsarg_qfkro" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Personalised: No
• Modified Item: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Signed: Yes
• Special Attributes: First Printing, Slipcased, 1st Edition, Illustrated, Inscribed