Description
Signed first edition, first impression of The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith, the pseudonym of J.K. Rowling.
Octavo, [8], 449pp. [1]. Blue hardcover, title in gilt on spine. Copyright page states “First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Sphere,” with no statement of reprinting. Appears unread. Housed in a custom black leatherette clamshell case, title in silver on the spine. In the publisher’s fine dust jacket, retail price on the front flap. This first issue jacket includes the fictional biography of Robert Galbraith and does not identify J.K. Rowling as the author.
Signed by J.K. Rowling as “Robert Galbraith” on the title page.
(Errington A17(a))
The first novel in the Cormoran Strike series, with a first impression print run of 1,750 copies. Rowling’s authorship was revealed in July 2013, shortly after the book’s original publication. Provenance: The Mysterious Bookshop, New York, Purchased in 2014.
