A lovely dark brown full leather First edition signed by the author on the signature page. A fine unread copy with the lightest touch of wear on the shiny gilt, very minor. With a special message from the author not included in the trade edition. A work of fiction sent in the future (the 21st century). Featuring marbled endpapers, gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. Includes the letter to subscribers of the Franklin Library Signed First Edition Society. By the author of many books including ""The Great Railway Bazaar,"" ""The Mosquito Coast"" and ""Girls at Play.""