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London: Sceptre. 2004. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Signed by the author. Flat-signed on title page. 5th impression. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 529 pages. . 1st Edition, Later Printing. Hardback.

Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Signed by the author. Flat-signed on title page. 5th impression. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 529 pages.

Hodder and Stoughton 2004. FIRST EDITION UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, white light card covers, blue and orange lettering to front, rear and spine, 530pp, VG- (moderate soiling and fading to front, spine and rear, concave warp to spine, moderate staining to page edges, light foxing to prelims and terminals)

FIRST EDITION UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, white light card covers, blue and orange lettering to front, rear and spine, 530pp, VG- (moderate soiling and fading to front, spine and rear, concave warp to spine, moderate staining to page edges, light foxing to prelims and terminals)

8vo. A GORGEOUS 1st Modern Library Edition, signed by Mitchell on a ML bookplate on the front flyleaf. Quarter tan cloth over tan paper-covered boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior, Dust jacket equally as nice. Appears never read. Dust jacket presents handsomely in archival mylar. Overall a lovely and quite desirable edition.

Signed by Author. ~~Signed and dedicated 'To Andrew' by David Mitchell with cloud doodle signed and dated Bristol 2014~~Near Fine/Near Fine 1st printing 1st ed Sceptre hardback, unclipped DJ. First print with the turquoise illustrated end-papers, tight and unmarked. Size: 160\nx 48\nx 242mm. 544 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0340822775. ISBN/EAN: 9780340822777. Dewey Code: 823.914. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 090237.

A Fine US first edition, first printing paperback original-no dustjacket (as issued)-All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days)-SIGNED BY DAVID MITCHELL-Pictures of the book are available upon request.

9780340822777. Contemporary Fiction. Signed by Author. ~~Signed and dedicated 'To Andrew' by David Mitchell with cloud doodle signed and dated Bristol 2014~~Near Fine/Near Fine 1st printing 1st ed Sceptre hardback, unclipped DJ. First print with the turquoise illustrated end-papers, tight and unmarked. Size: 160\nx 48\nx 242mm. 544 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0340822775. ISBN/EAN: 9780340822777. Dewey Code: 823.914. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 090237.

London: Sceptre (2004) large 8vo., Dark red publisher's boards lettered in light blue to spine; unclipped dust wrapper (£16.99); pp. 340;  a near fine copy. The spine of the dust wrapper is a shade faded with very minor handling wear. A lovely copy.    First edition. Signed by David Mitchell without dedication to the title page. The author's third and most well known novel. Adapted into a film in 2012 starring Tom Hanks.  

A copy that is Fine, in that it is tight, clean, and never read, Near Fine in that there are signs of page tanning, and in a solid Near Fine dust jacket. U.K. First Edition-First Printing with a full number line ending with a 1. Signed, signature only, on the Title page, by Multi Award Winning Author David Mitchell, in person, during his book tour event for "The Bone Clocks" in New York City on September 15, 2014. A "The Bone Clocks" promotion tour postcard with the event date will be included. "Cloud Atlas" is a work combining metafiction, historical fiction, contemporary fiction and science fiction, with its interconnected nested stories that takes the reader from the remote South Pacific in the 19th century to the island of Hawaii in a distant post-apocalyptic future. "Cloud Atlas" begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American Notary voyaging from the Chatham Islands to his home in California. And so, begins this unforgettable novel, a tour de force. "Cloud Atlas" won the 2004 British Book Awards Literary Fiction Award and won the 2004 Richard & Judy Book of the Year. Additionally, "Cloud Atlas" was nominated for a multitude of other prestigious literary awards, such as the 2004 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the Nebula Award for Best Novel, also in 2004, and the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 2004. Rest assured, this collectible, signed copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.

A bright, tight first American edition w/french folded flaps & full number line signed by the author on the title page. Clean, crisp & firmly bound.

London: Sceptre, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First printing. Red boards with blue metallic spine lettering. Light bumping to head and foot of spine and one board corner, otherwise a fine copy in fine dust jacket. Signed by Mitchell on the title page with the usual flourish over his printed name.

First printing. Red boards with blue metallic spine lettering. Light bumping to head and foot of spine and one board corner, otherwise a fine copy in fine dust jacket. Signed by Mitchell on the title page with the usual flourish over his printed name.

London: Sceptre. A near fine UK proof (toning) - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2004.

A near fine UK proof (toning) - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request.

A UK 1st Edition, 1st Printing hardback book indicated by the 10987654321 number line to the copyright page. - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE TITLE PAGE AND DEDICATED 'TO NICKY WITH BEST REGARDS'. DATED AND LOCATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION 'NOTTINGHAM MARCH 04'. WITH THE AUTHOR'S CUSTOMARY DOODLE ACCROSS HIS PRINTED NAME. COMPLETE WITH LIGHT BLUE WRAP-AROUND BAND AS ISSUED. - The book is in very good condition. A slight push to the top and bottom of the spine, and a slight crease to the top and bottom of the spine. Very slight lean but otherwise tight and square with no tears or inscriptions. A couple of small dents to the front board, and the bottom outside corners of the front and reverse boards are lightly bumped. Slight toning to the page block, and some very small creases to the corners of 3-4 pages (likely where a previous owner has kept the page) but otherwise a nice copy. - The dust jacket is in near fine condition and comes complete with its rare light blue wrap around band. It has not been price clipped with a price of £16.99 shown. Bright and complete but with slight sunning to the spine. - The wrap around band is in very good condition and displays the quotation from the Guardian Preview of the Year as required. Would be fine but for some slight sunning to the spine, commensurate with that of the dust jacket. Otherwise very nice.

Fine, new, clean, crisp and unread stated first U.S. printing with the full number line including the 1. First published as a paperback original, there was no hardcover released in the U.S. Bound in striking pictorial stiff card-covers with French flaps SIGNED to the title page with the author's name only and DATED OCTOBER 2004 SAN FRANCISCO plus his squiggle flourish over his printed name. This stunning novel was at the top of the short list for Britain's Man Booker Prize. Mitchell is a bold and dazzling writer whom's exuberant narration effectively speaks in multiple voices, to read one of his books is to receive a gift. NO MEDALLION on cover.

NEW YORK: Random House, 2004. Advance Readers Copy. New. Softbound. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. A pristine unread copy. Novel and movie source. Booker finalist. Purchased new and shelved, opened only for signature. 0.0

9780340822777. Contemporary Fiction. Signed by Author. ~~Signed and dedicated 'To Andrew' by David Mitchell with cloud doodle signed and dated Bristol 2014~~Near Fine/Near Fine 1st printing 1st ed Sceptre hardback, unclipped DJ. First print with the turquoise illustrated end-papers, tight and unmarked. Size: 160\nx 48\nx 242mm. 544 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0340822775. ISBN/EAN: 9780340822777. Dewey Code: 823.914. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 090237.

First edition, first printing. In as-new condition with the wrap-around band. Signed by DAVID MITCHELL. A work of virtuosic story-telling, deft and visceral characterization and virtually unlimited imaginative power. A series of apparently unrelated stories, connected by unexpected threads. The true first edition. Short-listed for the Booker Prize and a major motion picture.

A near fine copy of the Cloud Atlas, published by Sceptre in 2004. and shortlisted for the Booker Prize This edition is signed by the author to the title page. This edition is in near fine condition and comes complete with the publishers belly band which has slight scuffing to one edge, see photos. The cloth boards are a lovely deep read with a turquoise gilt to the spine. The dust jacket is as new and is bright and not price clipped, having been stored away from direct sunlight. Protected by a Brodart archival removable cover. A lovely addition to any collection

London: Sceptre, 2004. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 529 [9]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: '[doodle] To James | David Mitchell | with best regards | London | May | 2004.' Publisher's red cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, and cyan endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Kai Clements and Sunny, priced at £16.99. Some general handling, including bumping to top corners. Some toning and spotting to edges. Light wear to jacket edges with a couple of closed tears, and just a touch of sunning to spine. Very good. Shortlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize. Basis for the film of the same name, released in October 2012.

[Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 529 [9]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: '[doodle] To James | David Mitchell | with best regards | London | May | 2004.' Publisher's red cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, and cyan endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Kai Clements and Sunny, priced at £16.99. Some general handling, including bumping to top corners. Some toning and spotting to edges. Light wear to jacket edges with a couple of closed tears, and just a touch of sunning to spine. Very good. Shortlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize. Basis for the film of the same name, released in October 2012.

First edition, first printing. New and unread. Book and jacket are without flaws. Signed by the author on the second title page. Includes promotional wraparound band.

A copy that is Fine, in that it is tight, clean, and never read, Near Fine in that there are signs of page tanning, and in a solid Near Fine dust jacket. U.K. First Edition-First Printing with a full number line ending with a 1. Signed, signature only, on the Title page, by Multi Award Winning Author David Mitchell, in person, during his book tour event for "The Bone Clocks" in New York City on September 15, 2014. A "The Bone Clocks" promotion tour postcard with the event date will be included. "Cloud Atlas" is a work combining metafiction, historical fiction, contemporary fiction and science fiction, with its interconnected nested stories that takes the reader from the remote South Pacific in the 19th century to the island of Hawaii in a distant post-apocalyptic future. "Cloud Atlas" begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American Notary voyaging from the Chatham Islands to his home in California. And so, begins this unforgettable novel, a tour de force. "Cloud Atlas" won the 2004 British Book Awards Literary Fiction Award and won the 2004 Richard & Judy Book of the Year. Additionally, "Cloud Atlas" was nominated for a multitude of other prestigious literary awards, such as the 2004 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the Nebula Award for Best Novel, also in 2004, and the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 2004. Rest assured, this collectible, signed copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.

HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Signed by Mitchell. Pages toning slightly. A fine copy in a dust jacket.

Signed by David Mitchell in black ink on the full title page. See our photo of his elaborate signature. First Edition/First Printing with the First Published by statement and the full numberline including the 1 on the copyright page. This UK edition precedes the US edition and is the true first. Book is bright, sharp, beautiful, and Fine. No previous owner marks, no remainder marks, no foxing, no bumping, no rubbing. Dustwrapper is bright and beautiful with no fading and no wear. Dustwrapper has its original price of 16.99GBP. Dustwrapper promo band is present and also in Fine condition. Dustwrapper protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day very well protected in plastic bubble wrap inside a box. Interestingly, the text of the UK edition is somewhat different from the text of the US edition. Mitchell worked closely with the editors at Hodder and Staughton on changes to the text, but those changes were never sent to Random House in the US. The new editor at Random House (the original editor had left the company) made changes to the text and never sent those to Hodder and Staughton in London. David Mitchell has said he was too inexperienced an author at that point in his life to ensure that the texts matched. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 529 pages; Signed by Author

Comments: Tight clean copy with doodle drawing above signature.Synopsis: A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified 'dinery server' on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation – the narrators of Cloud Atlas hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changed in ways great and small.In his captivating third novel, David Mitchell erases the boundaries of language, genre and time to offer a meditation on humanity's dangerous will to power, and where it may lead us.

SF novel, filmed in 2012. First printing with ''10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'' on copyright page. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR/''To Erik, a bibliophile, David Mitchell, March 2005 London'' wth a doodle of a face below. With two newspaper clippings of reviews of the book laid in. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) with publicity wraparound paper band.

Special signed edition made for foreign press packages. Signed by the Wachowski sisters and Tom Tykwer to the title page in silver ink. A scarce example of a media item not meant for distribution. Large quarto, 197 pages in dark blue-green wraps. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.

First Edition. Mitchell's third book, a highly imaginative cult novel shortlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize. Filmed in 2012. Fine in fine dustjacket, with the blue publisher s promotional wraparound band intact. Signed by Mitchell on the title page.

First Edition. Mitchell's third book, a highly imaginative cult novel shortlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize. Filmed in 2012. Fine in fine dustjacket, with the blue publisher s promotional wraparound band intact. Signed by Mitchell on the title page.

First edition, first printing. New and unread. Book and jacket are without flaws. Signed by the author on the second title page. Includes promotional wraparound band.

First Easton Press edition, hardcover in full leather with all edges gilt, and gold stamped decoration to the spine and covers. This special collector's edition is signed by Mitchell, and is accompanied by the publisher's certificate of authenticity and notes card. The book has a tiny skew to the binding, and minor shelfwear to the cover corners. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, clean and sharp, Near Fine copy, and additional images are available upon request.

Blue metallic lettering on red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Includes the turquoise wraparound band. This copy signed by the author on the title page. Mitchell's breakthrough third book is a tour de force of interconnected stories. A great copy of an important book. Size: 8vo

London: Sceptre-Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed By the Author. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue metallic lettering on red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Includes the turquoise wraparound band. This copy signed by the author on the title page. Mitchell's breakthrough third book is a tour de force of interconnected stories. A great copy of an important book..

First UK Edition/First Printing, unread copy. Signed by David Mitchell on the title page. With the blue wraparound band.

Signed by the author David Mitchell on limitation page. In Fine+ condition and never removed from the publisher issued cellophane wrap. Pristine. Has become scarce in the last decade or so, especially unopened. Accompanied with all collector's paperwork and signed certificate of authenticity. Comes with all the Easton Press publishing points. Leather bound with gilt pages, smyth sewn and 22 kt hubbed spine. Also includes moire silk endpapers, gold-gilt cover designs and bound-in silk bookmark. Easton Press books are expertly bound for enduring quality, ensuring decades of use. Writer David Mitchell has referenced Herman Melville, Aldous Huxley, "All the President's Men," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next," and Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel" as among some of the inspirations that went into "Cloud Atlas." In an interview with the Guardian, the writer said he had ".a wish to see how many narratives I could embed, in a fractal sort of way, in a single novel." "Cloud Atlas" was later adapted into a film by the Wachowskis. Book is in New/Fine+ condition and still encased in publisher's original issue cellophane.

First Edition. Mitchell's third book, a highly imaginative cult novel shortlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize. Filmed in 2012. Fine in fine dustjacket, with the blue publisher s promotional wraparound band intact. Signed by Mitchell on the title page.

London: Sceptre. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0340822775 . First edition. SIGNED by David Mitchell on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket with the green belly band present. Author's THIRD book which many consider his masterpiece. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 529 pages .

First edition. SIGNED by David Mitchell on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket with the green belly band present. Author's THIRD book which many consider his masterpiece. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 529 pages

A Fine UK first edition, first printing-in a Fine dustjacket-All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days)-This book is a masterpiece-SIGNED, LINED & DATED BY DAVID MITCHELL-I AM INCLUDING A RARE PROMOTIONAL POSTER WITH THIS BOOK-Pictures of the book are available upon request.

A Fine UK first edition, first printing - in a Fine dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - This book is a masterpiece - SIGNED, LINED & DATED BY DAVID MITCHELL- I AM INCLUDING A RARE PROMOTIONAL POSTER WITH THIS BOOK - Pictures of the book are available upon request.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author in the publication year on the title page, "David Mitchell, Brighton '04", with an "X" with swirled ends crossing out his printed name. Incorporating both historical fiction and sci-fi elements, the time-hopping novel was shortlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize and was adapted into the 2012 film, starring Halle Berry and Tom Hanks. This copy is in the hardback issue. Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in metallic blue, blue illustrated endpapers. With dust jacket, with Guardian Preview of the Year wraparound band. A fine copy in like dust jacket.

A Fine UK first edition, first printing-in a Fine dustjacket-All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days)-This book is a masterpiece-SIGNED, LINED & DATED BY DAVID MITCHELL-I AM INCLUDING A RARE PROMOTIONAL POSTER WITH THIS BOOK-Pictures of the book are available upon request.

First edition. SIGNED by David Mitchell on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket with the green belly band present. Author's THIRD book which many consider his masterpiece.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 529 pages.

1st Printing. Signed to the title page. As new copy.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st Printing. Signed to the title page. As new copy.