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Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. New (Pristine

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. New (Pristine Condition) in a New (Pristine Condition) dust jacket; a tight, unread copy; opened only for signing. American First Edition-First Printing with a full number line ending with a 1. Signed and dated on the Title page, by Political Activist, Literary Critic and Multi Award Winning Author China Mieville, in person, during his United States book tour event in New York City on May 18, 2017. A photo of China during the event, and an event announcement will be included. "This Census-Taker" is a fantasy novella, which is told primarily from the point of view of a young boy, whose recollections are unreliable and disjointed chronologically, with occasional segments that are written at an undefined point in the future, and are recounted by an older version of the narrator. "This Census Taker" was a Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella in 2017; as well as a Rathbones Folio Prize Nominee in 2017. Rest assure, this collectible copy by the Award Winning Author, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature China Mieville, is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material, and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.