A Game of Thrones

This volume is so stunning it could have been taken directly from the Citadel library itself. We have been incredibly fortunate to work with the finest British craftspeople on this special 30th anniversary version: from the leather makers who created our incredible dragonskin leather, to the James Cropper paper mill who made our bespoke endpapers, to Ludlow Bookbinders who are binding each volume with care. With a limitation page blocked in real gold, a rolled map and a stunning box — and each copy personally signed by George R. R. Martin himself — this is truly a limited edition worthy of the Iron Throne that absolutely every fan of the series needs in their library.

To mark the 30th anniversary of George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, this Limited Edition is restricted to 1,000 copies, each signed by the author. The edition features artwork by Jonathan Burton and an introduction by Joe Abercrombie. It is bound in dragon leather and housed in a clamshell box, with a limitation label blocked in real gold. The struggle for Westeros begins anew, drawing readers back into the ceaseless ambition, betrayal, and shifting power of the Seven Kingdoms.

A Game of Thrones is presented in a spectacular collector’s edition - the first release in the Folio Society series of George R. R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’.

First published in 1996, A Game of Thrones is the opening movement of A Song of Ice and Fire. Set in and around the Seven Kingdoms, a mythical realm where seasons can last for years or even decades, the story begins in Winterfell, the northernmost of the Seven Kingdoms, as the long, deceptively benign summer comes to an end. Eddard (Ned) Stark, lord of Winterfell, finds himself removed from the familiar—and comforting—routines of his life by an unexpected visit from King Robert Baratheon, his ruler and longtime friend. Robert offers Ned the crucial political position of Hand of the King, a position Ned does not want and cannot refuse. Against his will, he leaves his home and much of his family and travels south to the royal seat of power at King’s Landing. Once there, his life—and the lives of everyone he cares for most—will change in astonishing, often tragic ways.

First published in 1996, A Game of Thrones is the opening movement of A Song of Ice and Fire. Set in and around the Seven Kingdoms, a mythical realm where seasons can last for years or even decades, the story begins in Winterfell, the northernmost of the Seven Kingdoms, as the long, deceptively benign summer comes to an end. Eddard (Ned) Stark, lord of Winterfell, finds himself removed from the familiar—and comforting—routines of his life by an unexpected visit from King Robert Baratheon, his ruler and longtime friend. Robert offers Ned the crucial political position of Hand of the King, a position Ned does not want and cannot refuse. Against his will, he leaves his home and much of his family and travels south to the royal seat of power at King’s Landing. Once there, his life—and the lives of everyone he cares for most—will change in astonishing, often tragic ways.

First published in 1996, A Game of Thrones is the opening movement of A Song of Ice and Fire. Set in and around the Seven Kingdoms, a mythical realm where seasons can last for years or even decades, the story begins in Winterfell, the northernmost of the Seven Kingdoms, as the long, deceptively benign summer comes to an end. Eddard (Ned) Stark, lord of Winterfell, finds himself removed from the familiar—and comforting—routines of his life by an unexpected visit from King Robert Baratheon, his ruler and longtime friend. Robert offers Ned the crucial political position of Hand of the King, a position Ned does not want and cannot refuse. Against his will, he leaves his home and much of his family and travels south to the royal seat of power at King’s Landing. Once there, his life—and the lives of everyone he cares for most—will change in astonishing, often tragic ways.