First edition stated. 5 3/4 x 9 1/2 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; minor soil speck to top edge else text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($23.00) has modest rubbing to covers. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
First edition, first printing. Glassine DJ has some light scuffing, color fully intact. Some light smudges/marks to outside edge of pages, otherwise VG+ with clean unmarked inner pages, firm binding and hinges. BP/Case
first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; minimal age tone; few small spots of soil to text block top and bottom edge; tight bind; clean cover vivid titling, little rub at corner tips; acetate dj has some rub to panels but no tears, no chips, little wear at corner tips; flap price present M76D
524 pages. 8vo. Stated First Edition, (the first printing). An excellent copy in the original transparent printed dust jacket, not price clipped. Dust jacket has a few very minor hairline scratches which is normal for this title, otherwise attractive, no tears or chips. The book is like new, square, tight, no previous owner's names or marks, looks like it was never read. The author's debut novel which became one of the most popular novels in the 1990's. A very collectible copy.
First edition, First Printing. Not Inscribed, Not Remaindered, Not Ex Library, Not Book Club. Stated First Edition on the Copyright page. Dust jacket in protective cover Book and dust jacket look like new.
First edition, First Printing. Not Inscribed, Not Remaindered, Not Ex Library, Not Book Club.Stated First Edition on the Copyright page. Dust jacket in protective cover Book and dust jacket look like new.
First edition, First Printing. Not Inscribed, Not Remaindered, Not Ex Library, Not Book Club. Stated First Edition on the Copyright page. Dust jacket in protective cover Book and dust jacket look like new.
Stated First Edition/First Printing (no mention of subsequent printings); A Fine book in a Near Fine glassine jacket, with only some faint scratching to the jacket (common for these jackets), else as new and unread. A lovely copy of this author's first novel, getting quite uncommon in the first printing and in collectible condition. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
First edition. Fine in very close to fine dust jacket. (524pp. ) (5 3/4" X9 1/2") (Light trace of scuffing to clear jacket. Faint 3 1/2"-inch scratch on front panel of jacket. ) Author's acclaimed FIRST book. ; 5 3/4" x9 1/2"; 524 pages
New York: KNOPF. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679410325 . First edition. Fine in very close to fine dust jacket.. (524pp. ) (5 3/4" X9 1/2") (Light trace of scuffing to clear jacket. Faint 3 1/2"-inch scratch on front panel of jacket. ) Author's acclaimed FIRST book. ; 5 3/4" x9 1/2"; 524 pages .
Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof In Illustrated Wrappers. Scarce Format of The Author's First & Great Book.(As New).
First edition. Fine in very close to fine dust jacket. (524pp. ) (5 3/4" X9 1/2") (Light trace of scuffing to clear jacket. Faint 3 1/2"-inch scratch on front panel of jacket. ) Author's acclaimed FIRST book.; 5 3/4" x9 1/2"; 524 pages.
New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Both books crisp and clean. The Advance Reader's Edition seems unread, very tight with a few white spots on the spine. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.
New York, Knopf, 1992. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine acetate jacket. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($23.00). Jacket design by Chip Kidd and Barbara de Wilde. Tartt's debut novel, a literary thriller set at a small liberal arts college in Vermont, where a group of eccentric classics students descend into moral ambiguity and murder. A landmark of the "dark academia" genre, the novel became an instant bestseller and has since achieved cult status. Tartt, a graduate of Bennington College, went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014 for her third novel, "The Goldfinch." COLLECTIONS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Very Good+/Very Good. Very Good+ signed first edition Signed "Donna Tartt" on the half-title pageClear acetate dust jacket has shelfwear The edges are nearly flawless except for a couple of small, hardly noticeable markings on the bottom The bottom edge also has a few pages that are slightly creased, as if the slid across something when it was shelved one time Otherwise near perfect copy
First edition, first printing. Signed by Donna Tartt to the title page. 524 pp. Publisher's original pictorial boards. A near fine copy in very good glassine dust wrapper (rubbed; slight creasing at spine ends). This is Donna Tartt's debut novel, inspired by her time as an undergraduate in the 1980s at Bennington College, a glamorous liberal arts college in Vermont, set on a bucolic campus surrounded by mountains. This is the story of an outsider falling under the spell of a very elite band of Classics students and their magus-like professor. Sometimes compared to Brideshead Revisited, the campus novel of the Bright Young Things, The Secret History is a dark academia classic and a key Gen X campus novel.
Very Good+ in a Very Good+ glassine dust jacket. 2 owner bookplates on FEP, names marred. Light foxing along text block edges. Faint aged adgesive on spine. ; 6 X 1.5 X 9.5 inches; 523 pages.
1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on a bookplate affixed to half-title page (signature only). Clear Glassine DJ rubbed as is common with book and fine crease on front. Previous owners name on top of front end page; corners lightly bumped with some soiling to page edges. $23.00 price present on DJ flap. Author's first book. (Bonus: Comes with a free unsigned 1st Printing hardcover copy of Tartt's novel "The Goldfinch". NOTE: NO internation orders for this book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Alfred A. Knopf, 1992-09-05. First Edition. hardcover. Like New. 5x1x9. Signed by Author. Author inscribed to previous owner and signed on the half title page, stated first edition, first printing. Looks unread with just a touch of shelf wear in acetate jacket as issued. Please email for photos.
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jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book