A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (LIMITED EDITION SEALED)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New Slip Case. Limited Edition. Mint book still in the publisher's shrink wrap in clean, fresh faux leather covers with bright gilt titles to spine.

Internally mint; assumed SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR or his representative but not possible to verify absolutely without breaking the shrink wrap; LIMITED EDITION [stated on spine but size of the limitation unable to verify].

The slip case is in mint condition. A lovely copy priced at £100 on the shrink wrap. The 1000 copies are already hard to find. It is, obviously, the ULTIMATE format for the serious Snicketophile.

Hopefully all the volumes will eventually be published in this strictly limited edition.

A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of thirteen children's novels by Lemony Snicket, the pen name of American author Daniel Handler. The books follow the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. After their parents' death in a fire, the children are placed in the custody of a murderous relative, Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance and, later, orchestrates numerous disasters with the help of his accomplices as the children attempt to flee.

As the plot progresses, the Baudelaires gradually confront further mysteries surrounding their family and deep conspiracies involving a secret society known as V.F.D., with connections to both Olaf and their parents. The series is narrated by Snicket, who dedicates each of his works to his deceased love interest, Beatrice, and often attempts to dissuade the reader from continuing to read the Baudelaires' story.Characterized by Victorian Gothic tones and absurdist textuality, the books are noted for their dark humour, sarcastic storytelling, and anachronistic elements, as well as frequent cultural and literary allusions. 

They have been classified as postmodern and metafictional writing, with the plot evolution throughout the later novels being cited as an exploration of the psychological process of transition from the idyllic innocence of childhood to the moral complexity of maturity.

 Likewise, the final instalments of the series are also acknowledged for their escalating intricate ethical ambiguity toward philosophical ambivalence, as the nature of some of the Baudelaires' actions becomes increasingly harder to discern from those of their antagonist counterparts and more characters are revealed to be responsible for permanent wrongdoing, despite their identification with the self-proclaimed good side of the tale.