The Graveyard Book

GAIMAN, Neil. The Graveyard Book. With Illustrations by Dave McKean. [NY]: HarperCollins [2008]. 8vo, [viii] 312pp. Black spine with navy boards stamped in silver. Navy endpapers; halftone illustrations throughout. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). Signed by the author, Neil Gaiman.

First edition. 2009 Newbery Medal Winner! Orphaned at a graveyard, Bod is adopted by two loving ghosts, mentored by a very proper vampire, and accepted as a resident of the graveyard by its supernatural inhabitants, despite his being alive. But the murderer of his parents is out to quiet the only witness – Bod himself!  An amazing reimagining of Kipling’s beloved Jungle Book, told with wry humor and spine-tingling wit by the inimitable Neil Gaiman.