Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh in a new archival wrap. First US Edition stated, 2001 Random House. First Printing with no subsequent printing.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on the straight spine, light foxing on the page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, moderate edge wear, and two rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with very mild edge wear, the price on the front flap, and looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap. Appears to be unread.
Brilliant and impassioned, The Glass Palace is a masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh, the gifted novelist Peter Matthiessen has called an exceptional writer. This superb story of love and war begins with the shattering of the kingdom of Burma and the igniting of a great and passionate love, and it goes on to tell the story of a people, a fortune, and a family and its fate.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
