Spares: The Special Edition (signed/limited) by Smith, Michael Marshall - 1998

Overlook Connection Press: USA, 1998. First edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. SF novel. This new edition contains extra material not found in the original British hardcover from HarperCollins. First publication of the author's preferred text (including for the first time anywhere the ''lost'' first chapter): plus an introduction by Neil Gaiman, a ten page afterword by the author, and three short stories that feature elements from this novel, 'The Gap', 'Dying' and 'To Receive is Better'. Illustrated by Allan Clark. LIMITED EDITION: from a total printing of 600 numbered copies this is one of 500 copies signed by all three contributors. This is no 219. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).