Details: New, and pristine throughout; flawless in every way. See scans and description. First Edition and First Printing of the title and of the special "Secret Journal Entries" edition. New York: Amulet Books (Abrams) & Barnes & Noble, 2017. 'Roseblood', by A.G. Howard (Anita Grace Howard). Scintillating jacket cover art by Nathalia Suellen (who also executed the title page art) will become memorable. Octavo, illustrated jacket, red cloth boards with black spine imprinting, black endpapers, 443 pp. (2 + 441). Pristine, immaculate and flawless throughout. See all scans. Howard describes her work as "a mix of whimsical, creepy, romantic and magical", and in Roseblood that means taking the channel of the phantom-of-the-opera-esque mysteries of this world, the adventurer here being Rune Germain, a peerless young opera singer with "the voice of an angel". Rune quickly becomes involved with a mysterious young man seemingly out of the very distant past - and a stalking phantom. Decisions, decisions. Whimsical, creepy, romantic and magical this is, indeed. WIthout doubt the most collectible form of the title, as a flawless first/first incarnated in the secret-journal-entries edition from the publisher and Barnes & Noble. With its own ISBN, that being 9781419724909. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course - not a bag. L201
