London: Viking, 2001. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 278 [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles in Gnommish to spine. With the bronze metallic effect pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tony Fleetwood, priced at £12.99. Complete with the 'crack the code' leaflet. Moderately toned throughout. Jacket spine sunned. Unread. Fine. The first in the series of eight novels. Together with the Arctic Incident it is the basis for the 2020 film by Sir Kenneth Branagh and Walt Disney Studios, recently released on Disney+. Item #60986

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