The Wheel of Time Books 1-4: The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Shadow Rising

New York: Tor Fantasy, 1992. First editions. Signed first editions of the first four books of the acclaimed Wheel of Time series. First edition, first printing of each volume; first state binding of the much sought-after first volume, The Eye of the World. Each volume signed by Robert Jordan on the title page, all but the third volume in black ink; the third is in blue ink. Bound in publisher's navy cloth; the first three volumes lettered in silver, the fourth lettered in gilt. Very Near Fine, pages toned with age, in Near Fine dust jackets with uniform sunning to spines of jackets and books themselves, corners of The Dragon Reborn bumped. Nice shape (truncated) overall. An attractive set that traveled together for many decades; not cobbled together many years after-the-fact, and all volumes flat-signed on their respective title pages-- no bookplates, laid in slips, etc. They were originally purchased from a Southwestern bookseller by a collector as a group decades ago; then sold back to that same bookseller recently when the collector was downsizing later in life. An impressive signed collection of the first volumes in the bestselling, epic fantasy series. (Inventory #: 140947231)