SNICKET, Lemony (author). A Series of Unfortunate Events: Books 1-13. London; Egmont. 2001-2006.
8vo.; 13 volumes; each volume bound in original brightly coloured pictorial boards; illustrated throughout in black and white; volumes 5, 6 and 7 with their original wrap-around advertising bands (as issued) and volume 8 complete with the reversible dustwrapper (being the only volume to be issued in a dustwrapper); a fine, and complete, set.
First English editions of this extraordinary epic which was first issued in the US by HarperCollins. Sold with an attractive collection of scarce merchandising ephemera relating to the series including 5 different bookmarks, 3 die-cut stand up postcards, a postcard album, a puzzle book and a sheet of 20 individual stickers.
The titles in this series are: The Bad Beginning; The Reptile Room; The Wide Window; The Miserable Mill; The Austere Academy; The Ersatz Elevator; The Vile Village; The Hostile Hospital; The Carnivorous Carnival; The Slippery Slope; The Grim Grotto, The Penultimate Peril and The End. This is "a self-deprecating Victorian morality tale with a modern educative twist" about the resourceful Baudelaire siblings - Violet, Klaus and Sunny - who have to rely on their wits to outdo their foes after their parents die in a fire. The books are full of sophisticated, dark, humour and have a "cult-style originality" which has made them international bestsellers (Eccleshare. 1001 Children"s Books).
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