A fine set of the first four volumes of the French intégrale edition, identical to the original American structure. Volume 1 is housed in a metal case with embossed lettering and a folding map of Westeros. It is a copy of the highly sought-after very first French collector's edition of the series published in 2012. Volumes 2 and 3 followed in 2013, and volume 4 in 2014.
Each volume signed by George R.R. Martin on the title page. The signatures were obtained during the author's only public signing session for French readers, held in Dijon on July 3, 2014. (Volume 5 was not published until 2015.)
Colour pictorial wrappers with flaps. Slight rubbing to corners, minor handling wear to spines of vols. 2 and 3, crease marks to upper board of vol. 3, lower board of vol. 4, and front flap of vol. 3; edges of volumes 2, 3 and 4 lightly toned. Light rubbing to spine and boards of metal case.
For this signing session (to this day the only one the author has ever held in France), George R.R. Martin chose Dijon and the Burgundy region, homeland of the Dukes of Burgundy and Maurice Druon's Rois Maudits. Both dynasties inspired him when writing his own novels.
Rare set of the celebrated A Song of Ice and Fire series in the French intégrale edition, comprising the first four volumes, all signed by George R.R. Martin, including the first volume in the collector's edition.