Neuromancer. Gibson, William.

First US hardback edition, first printing, signed limited issue, this copy additionally inscribed on the title page, "To Brent, very best, Wm Gibson". It is number 299 of 375 copies signed by the author on the limitation page, bound with gold endpapers, and housed in the slipcase. The trade issue of 1,200 unsigned copies had buff endpapers and did not include a slipcase. The atmospheric jacket illustration is by Barclay Shaw, a five-time nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist and a recurring figure in the top ten rankings of the annual Local Poll Award for Best Artist. The most famous and enduring cyberpunk novel, Neuromancer immediately defined the then-fledgling cyberpunk genre. It was originally published as an Ace paperback in 1984, followed later that year by the first hardback edition, issued in London. Such is the attractiveness of this Phantasia edition that Gibson called it the "Deluxe Neuromancer" in an inscribed copy of the trade issue we have handled. Peter Harrington, sold item number 150893. Octavo. Original white cloth, spine and front cover lettered in bronze on recessed ground, gold endpapers. With dust jacket by Barclay Shaw. Housed in publisher's white cloth slipcase. Touch of mottling to upper board edges, slipcase slightly mottled: a fine copy in fine, unclipped jacket.