About the item: Released in 1983, Dungeons Dragons Players Manual features perhaps the most iconic image associated with TSR's fantasy role playing game. It original came in the basic boxed set (which used the same image for the box cover artwork) and which also included the Dungeon Masters Rulebook (and also used the same image). Please note that this listing is only for the item pictured, however; the Players Manual. The cover features the work of Larry Elmore, with Jeff Easley interior art. This copy is graded by CGC as part of their special Signature Series (it is signed by hand by both Elmore and Easley). With Signature Series books a certified witness actually observes the signing of the comic and then immediately takes possession of the book so there is no possibility of the real autograph being switched out with another. It will be shipped with the utmost care. Images include the front and back of the actual book in its case as well as an image of the contents page from an ungraded copy (as the CGC case encapsulates the magazine and is designed so it cannot be opened and resealed). About CGC: The Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) is the world's preeminent third-party grading service for pop culture collectibles, including comic books, trading cards, magazines, concert posters, coins, and more. They have graded millions of collectibles, authenticated hundreds of thousands of autographs through their distinguished Signature Series Program, and were the first independent and impartial third party grading service for comic books.