Zafon, Carlos Ruiz (2005) ‘UK signed illustrated edition’

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005) ‘The Shadow of the Wind‘, UK signed limited and illustrated edition, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. One of 1,000 copies of which this is no. 376, signed by the author Zafon on the limitation page. Beautifully illustrated with atmospheric photographs of Barcelona by Catalan photographer Francesc Català-Roca (1922-1998).  Map endpapers. Translated by Lucia Graves.

Condition: book and slipcase are both fine.

The first and best novel in the ‘Cemetary of Forgotten Books‘ series which started with the international bestseller ‘The Shadow of the Wind‘ (in original La Sombra del Viento) which catapulated Zafón into literary stardom and the most read Spanish language writer since Cervantes.