Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of Cockpit by Jerzy Kosinski in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 1975 Houghton Mifflin. First Printing with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with heavy surface wear, mild edge wear and the $8.95 price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
An agent known only as Tarden is a former operative of the mysterious security agency “the Service.” He has erased himself from all dossiers and transcripts. Now a fugitive, he moves across the landscape free of identity, in search of adventure and intrigue. But Tarden is a man of many disguises, and he is alternately avenger and savior, judge and trickster, as he enters the lives of others, forcing them into the arena of his judgement. In Cockpit, Kosinski is at his most startling and powerful, stripping away pretension and illusions of security to reveal the source of real strength within.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
