City of Glass
by Auster, Paul
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0940650525
- ISBN 13
- 9780940650527
- Seller
-
San Jose, California, United States
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About This Item
Sun & Moon Press, 1985-12-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed. First printing; second state jacket with publisher's logo tipped on. SIGNED, without inscription, by Paul Auster on the title page. Both the volume and mylar sleeved, unclipped, dust jacket have gentle bumps on the spine ends. All else is fine.
Synopsis
Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Mystery of the Year, City of Glass inaugurates the intriguing New York Trilogy of novels that the Washington Post Book World has classified as "post-existentialist private eye...It's as if Kafka has gotten hooked on the gumshoe game and penned his own ever-spiraling version." As a result of a strange phone call in the middle of the night, Quinn, a writer of detective fiction and crime books, becomes enmeshed in a case more puzzling than any he might have written. New York Times -bestselling author Paul Auster combines dark humor with Hitchcock-like suspense to City of Glass.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trilby & Co. Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1703192
- Title
- City of Glass
- Author
- Auster, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0940650525
- ISBN 13
- 9780940650527
- Publisher
- Sun & Moon Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1985-12-01
- Keywords
- first edition|signed
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Trilby & Co. Books
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About Trilby & Co. Books
Trilby & Co. Books is located in Northern California. The company was founded years ago by a Shetland Sheepdog named Trilby. Trilby's message to her family was brief and direct - the sale of books would increase disposable income and improve the quality of provisions in her food dish. My name is McTavish (picture above). I am the current CEO of this company, and I approve of her message. Oh, by the way, my speciality is literature, with an emphasis on first editions and signed books.
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- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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