First edition first printing. Book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, gilt perfect. Feels lightly read. Head of spine lightly bumped. Off white text block edges and top edge has patterned toning, probably due to storage in a plastic crate (see images). Feels lightly read. Near fine condition. Jacket clean, no tears, has some minor crimping to edges and at head of spine. Jacket grades near fine. Signed and dedicated to title page by the author. A near fine signed example of this collectible first edition first printing book. This copy is signed and dedicated to the title page, "To Peter / Thank you so much for / everything. I owe you / enormous gratitude - more than / I can say / China". This volume comes from the collection of Peter Laverey, who was China Mieville's editor at Pan MacMilian, a unique association copy for a collector.