The Black Prince

By Anthony Burgess and Adam Roberts

A novel by Adam Roberts adapted from an original script by Anthony Burgess.

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$7 
85 pledges

Digital

Ebook edition
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$35  + shipping
83 pledges

Signed

Signed 1st edition hardback, and ebook edition
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$25  + shipping
133 pledges

Hardback

1st edition hardback and ebook edition
$40  + shipping
88 pledges

Collectable

Signed, personally dedicated and lined by Adam 1st edition hardback, ebook edition and your name in the back of the book
$50  + shipping
22 pledges

A Guided Tour Round Burgess' Novels

Ebook of Adam's collected, extensive critical essays on each of Anthony Burgess' 33 novels and everything to Signed level.
$50  + shipping
4 pledges

Two together

2x 1st edition hardbacks (shipped together), ebook edition
$65  + shipping
9 pledges

Swiftly

Signed limited hardback edition of Adam's short story collection, Swiftly, Ebook of collected critical essays and everything to Signed level
(9 available)
$65  + shipping
6 pledges

Pictures from an Exhibition

A copy of the photographic exhibition catalogue 'Manchester Made Me', featuring rare images of Burgess and Manchester, plus everything to signed level
Only 20 available
$90  + shipping
1 pledge

Burgess' Music

Two CDs of music composed by Anthony Burgess, Ebook of the collected critical essays and everything to signed level.
(1 available)
$90  + shipping
5 pledges

The Poet

Limited (one of only 250) edition letterpress prints of an unpublished poem 'Essay on Censorship' by Anthony Burgess. Plus everything to signed level
Only 5 available
$100  + shipping
10 pledges

Burgess's own Book

A scarce HB copy of an Anthony Burgess novel from Burgess' own personal collection. With a bookplate and letter of provenance from the Burgess Foundation. Plus everything to Collectible level
Only 10 available
Available titles (2 copies of each):
ON MOZART
THE DEVIL'S MODE
FLAME INTO BEING
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
MAN OF NAZARETH
THE KINGDOM OF THE WICKED
ENDERBY'S DARK LADY
NAPOLEON SYMPHONY
$125  + shipping
1 pledge

Source Materials

Adam's own Library of America hardback edition of USA by John Dos Passos, a hardback edition of Anthony Burgess' Napoleon Symphony, an ebook of the collected critical essays and everything to signed level.
(1 available)
$125  + shipping
1 pledge

Screenplay Pages

Facsimile typescript pages from the screenplay THE BLACK PRINCE by Anthony Burgess. Burgess' own three-page synopsis and the first page of the screenplay typescript itself, which has Burgess’s signature on it. Presented in a collector's presentation folder. An Ebook of Adam's 33 collected critical essays on Burgess's canon. Plus everything to signed level
Only 10 available
$315  + shipping
1 pledge

Appear as a Character in an Adam Roberts Novel

Tell Adam a little about yourself (what you look like, a couple of things about your character) and he'll write you into his next novel as a minor character. Or if you prefer just give him your name. Plus everything to signed level.
(Two available)

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