Jerusalem (2016) Signed First Edition Reference

Jerusalem is Alan Moore’s magnum opus in prose — a novel of over 600,000 words (approximately 1,300 pages) that explores the history, cosmology, and spiritual geography of the Boroughs, a working-class neighborhood in Northampton. Published by Knockabout Comics in the UK in 2016, the novel took over a decade to write and represents Moore’s most ambitious single work in any medium.

The Book

Jerusalem operates on multiple levels simultaneously: a family saga spanning centuries, a cosmological vision where all of time exists simultaneously, a tour of the afterlife (the “Upstairs”), and a love letter to a specific English place and its people. The novel’s formal ambition includes chapters written as plays, poems, and in the style of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.

First Edition Identification

Publisher: Knockabout Comics, London (UK first) US Publisher: Liveright/W.W. Norton, New York Publication date: September 2016 Format: Hardcover in dust jacket (massive volume)

Signed Copy Market Values

• Signed UK first (Knockabout), fine/fine: $800–$2,500
• Signed US first (Liveright): $500–$1,500
• Unsigned UK first: $40–$100

Moore participated in a very limited number of events around Jerusalem’s publication, including readings at Northampton bookshops. These represent some of the last public signing opportunities for Moore material.