Temple of the Winds: Sword of Truth, Book 4 (signed)

New York: TOR / A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1997. SIGNED by the AUTHOR in red ink directly on the title page (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). SIGNED copies are RARE. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket (only very lightly rubbed). NO chips, tears, creases or fading. NOT price clipped ($29.95). Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Appears unread. Condition of the book itself would also be FINE but for short tears/creases (less than 1/4 inch) to the top edge of a few pages (likely caused by books bumped together during shipping from the publisher.) NOT bad -- PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Double page map by the author. Bound in the original black boards, stamped in bright copper on the spine. From the publisher: "Terry Goodkind's bestselling epic fantasy series Sword of Truth continues with book four. On the red moon will come the firestorm... Wielding the Sword of Truth, Richard Rahl has battled death itself and come to the defense of the D'Haran people. But now the power-mad Emperor Jagang confronts Richard with a swift and inexorable foe: a mystical plague cutting a deadly swath across the land and slaying thousands of innocent victims. To quench the inferno, he must seek remedy in the wind... To fight it Richard and his beloved Kahlan Amnell will risk everything to uncover the source of the terrible plague-the magic sealed away for three millennia in the Temple of the Winds. Lightning will find him on that path... But when prophecy throws the shadow of betrayal across their mission and threatens to destroy them, Richard must accept the Truth and find a way to pay the price the winds demand... or he and his world will perish.". SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Parkinson, Keith (jacket art). 8vo. 528pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.