Abandon – Pico Iyer
VG Paperback

Description

For sale: a rare and exceptional First Paperback Edition, first printing copy of Abandon by Pico Iyer. First Vintage Contemporaries Edition stated, April 2004 Vintage Contemporaries. First Printing with full, reversed number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

The book is in Very Good condition with clean, bright boards with two creases on the rear cover., Also, strong title ink on a straight spine, toned page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear, and one creased corner. The interior of the book is in Very Good  condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and toned.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and the price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

From the national bestselling author of The Half-Known Life comes an intoxicating novel that’s at once a stylish intellectual mystery and a pulse-quickening love story – the love in question being at once sacred and profane. Moving deftly from California academia to the mosques of Iran, filled with insights into the minds of Islam and the modern West, Abandon is a magic carpet-ride of a book.

Very small volume (7 x 5 x .4″) ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.