STRATHCARNAGE By Matt Hamilton. (Leicester, England: Matador, 2009). First edition, first printing; Signed Limited issue. Limited to one-hundred hand-numbered, slipcased copies SIGNED by the author and SIGNED by the illustrator to the head-illustrated limitation plate to the front end-paper. This is number 17. Laid in is a 5.8" X 5.2" double-sided, glossy full plate illustrated, advance promotion card that is SIGNED by the author and SIGNED by the illustrator. ALSO, laid in is a black tissue-guarded bookmark, SIGNED in silver by the author. Illustrated with nineteen striking full-page black-and-white character scene depictions by Chris Odgers. A dark fantasy mixed with social satire, dark comedy, and surrealism, set in a mythical village where the keeper of death books, charts the events leading to the bizarre deaths of differing unusual characters, one for each of twenty character chapters, also a men's reaction chapter, a footnote, and a prologue. Fine and crisp in black linen boards with silver embossed titles to the spine; in a fine dust jacket; housed in a fine black linen board slipcase with glossy black titles to the front panel, with red-silk ribbon pull-tie. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.