A Series of Unfortunate Events [Complete]. The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, The Carnivorous Carnival, The Slippery Slope, The Grim Grotto, The Penultimate Peril, The End, and The Unauthorized Autobiography.

SNICKET, Lemony [pseudonym of Daniel HANDLER] (born 1970), [HELQUIST, Brett, illustrator].

London: Egmont, 2001 to 2006. [Children's Fantasy] COMPLETE UK FIRST EDITIONS. 14 volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 28cm). With in-text illustrations by Helquist. Volumes 5, 7, and the autobiography complete with wrap-around bands. Volume 8 with the dust-jacket. All in publisher's colour paper-covered boards illustrated by Helquist. Light wear to volumes 12 and 13, and sunning to spine of volume 6. Near fine. "Mr. Handler's literary opera buffa of calamity has been a children's book phenomenon second only to Harry Potter in this era. Narrated by Lemony Snicket, a sketchy figure whose own life becomes increasingly part of the plot, the tales chronicle the unrelenting misfortunes of the three Baudelaire siblings, who become orphans when their parents perish in a terrible fire..." [New York Times]. Item #61767

Price: £165.00