Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first UK edition, first printing of The Immaculate Deception by Iain Pears, protected in a new archival wrap. First US Edition unstated, 2000 Harper Collins. First Printing with full number line. 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, heavy spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, a worn spot on the top edge , and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or 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 the UK price present on the front flap, and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Absorbing, witty, ingeniously plotted, The Immaculate Deception is stylish entertainment from Iain Pears that transports us to Rome, where an impudent thief has stolen a politically sensitive painting on loan from a foreign museum. Summoned to see the prime minister, Flavia di Stefano, acting head of Italy’s Art Theft Squad, is told to retrieve the painting without publicity or payment of ransom.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
