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Cronin, Justin.
The Passage.
Publisher: Orion Books, London;
Date of Publication: 2010
Stock Code: 4851
SIGNED SLIPCASED FIRST EDITION, No 26 in a LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies only. Octavo. [10], 766 pp. Book Condition: Fine. Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Slipcase Condition: Fine. Publishers’ black cloth with silver titles to spine and black endpapers in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, housed in black slipcase with silver titles. A fine copy flat signed in year of publication by the Author to title page, with date 7/8/10. Minor creasing to jacket at head of spine and lower corner of front cover otherwise also fine. First printing with “1” in number sequence to copyright page. “The Passage begins in the near future and details an apocalyptic and, later, post-apocalyptic world that is overrun by vampire-like beings who are infected by a highly contagious virus. What begins as a project to develop a new immunity-boosting drug based on a virus carried by an unnamed species of bat in South America eventually becomes the virus that transforms the world.” First in Cronin’s trilogy, Ridley Scott’s production company purchased the film rights in 2007. £350.00