Cornelia Funke — The Thief Lord

Frome, The Chicken House , 2002. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by international bestselling children's author, Cornelia Funke. Signed by Funke to the half-title and with the original promotional bookmark. A fine copy of this work, which has since been adapted into a film. This is Cornelia Funke's first novel. Funke is best known for her Inkheart Trilogy, which was published in the United Kingdom in 2004-2008. The first English edition of this novel. It was first published in Germany in 2000 before this English translation by Oliver Latsch in 2002. This is the first impression, with no mention of scholastic to the colophon. 'The Thief Lord' follows two brothers, Prosper and Bo, who are recently orphaned and therefore escape to Venice. They, along with a gang of homeless children, are hiding out at an old cinema and are looked after by a boy who has named himself the Thief Lord. This novel has won the Zurich Children's book award and the Children's book award given by the Vienna House of Literature. A fantastic, signed copy of this important children's novel from the turn of the twenty-first century. In the publisher's original cloth binding. In original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, in an excellent condition. The dustwrapper is also in an excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to the edges, as is usual. Otherwise, pages are extremely clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.