The Various –Steve Augarde
Published in the USA by Yearling, (Random House Inc, NY), 2009. Mint, unread. Flatsigned to title page, dated March 2009, quote from chapter 25 'An awesome being - a very angel of vengeance it seemed...'. The associated colour drawing depicts Katie with the water canon, silhouetted against the open door of the high loft in the cider barn. Numbered 1/1 and with a hand-drawn Virgo star sign. Author's first novel, this is the new US paperback edition, 2009, with a new cover illustration. Known as the Zodiac edition, Steve Augarde has illustrated only12 copies of this book, each with an individual, one-off colour illustration, never to be repeated. In addition each has one of the signs of the zodiac hand-drawn on the title page. Comes with letter of authenticity signed by Steve Augarde. It is understood that he will not be signing any more of this US paperback edition. Steve will be producing limited editions in the Zodiac series for the other two books in the trilogy as they are published in this new US paperback series. Number string sequence 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3, indicating that the publishers have used the third US printing of this book. However, it is the first run in the new cover. Protected in a plastic sleeve and kept in a smoke-free environment.