The Masquerades of Spring by Ben Aaronovitch,
Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - flaneur extraordinaire and Englishman abroad - as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps.
'Gussie' is not one to shun shut-eye himself, however. But his peaceful luxuriation is about to be rudely awakened by the arrival of an unexpected guest.
Enter his old friend Thomas Nightingale, who has braved the Atlantic passage pursuing the matter of a rather intriguing saxophone said to possess a strange power over those who play it.
This deeply inconvenient affair will rouse Gussie from his warm bed for the cold shores of Long Island - and down to the jazz clubs of Harlem where music, magic, and madness haunt the shadows...
Subterranean Press 2024, Lettered Edition. This is a "PC" copy of the lettered state, identical in specification. Signed by the author on the limitation page.
Very fine and unread, bound in black leather with gold foil, and decorative dust wrapper. This copy is still in the publishers original cellophane bag and is housed in a custom made black tray case, as pictured. Highly collectable.