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2020 · SO0283 — Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications 2020. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bauman Jill. Each volume one of 948 copies quarto size 695 523 and 655 pp. respectively all three signed by Justin Cronin. Justin Cronin b. 1962 has been awarded the PEN/Heminway Award for Debut Novel the Stephen Crane Prize and a Whiting Award. <br /> <br /> "The Passage" the first book of this trilogy debuted on the New York Times hardcover fiction best-seller list at number three and remained for seven weeks on the list. The setting for "The Passage" is a world which is over-run with vampire-like zombies who were infected with an injection intended to provide immunity from a virus "carried by an unnamed species of bat in South America" n.b. info and quote from Wiki. <br /> <br /> Each volume of this set of the signed/limited edition issued by Cemetery Dance is signed by Cronin on the limitation page "The Twelve" additionally signed by him on the title page and all three are no. 758 of 948 copies. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: All three volumes bound in full cloth of different colours over boards with gilt lettering on the front boards and spines black laid paper endpapers all three title pages with a small black-and-white illustration all three volumes with black-and-white illustrations throughout the text "The Passage" and "The Twelve" with ribbon markers; bindings quarto size 10 1/4" by approx. 7 1/2" pagination: "The Passage" 1-11 12-695 with the final approx. thirty pages being "The Story Behind the Passage" with many black-and-white reproductions of photographs Cronin took while doing his research; "The Twelve" 1-11 12-520 3; "The City of Mirrors" 1-11 12-652 3; limited edition each volume no. 758 of 948 copies. The dust jackets all with different wrap-around cover art prices printed at the top of the left flap summaries on the front flaps and short author bio on the right flaps. <br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: Volumes uniformly fine the boards clean straight corners without rubbing strong square text blocks with solid hinges the interiors clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; all three clean crisp and as new. The unclipped jackets also uniformly fine clean and utterly without wear. The entire set as new. <br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. <br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Cemetery Dance Publications hardcover