Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first Paperback edition, first printing of Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers. First Edition stated, 1998 Farrar, Straus Giroux. First Printing with no subsequent printing.
The exterior of this trade paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, lightly marked page blocks, a tight binding with no cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with an erased price on the first free end paper and no other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
Richard Powers, a Humanist-in-Residence at the Center for Advanced Scientific Research, gets involved with a project to train a machine to pass a comprehensive exam in English literature–and with the degree candidate against whom the machine is competing.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
