Description
For sale: a Rare first edition, first printing hardcover copy of A Kingdom Far and Clear: The Complete Swan Lake Trilogy by Mark Helprin and Chris Van Allsburg. Second Calla Edition stated, 2010 Calla. First Printing with no subsequent printing. Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright cloth boards, strong title gilt on a square spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near 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 mild surface and edge wear, and the price intact on the front flap.
This trilogy of novellas by Mark Helprin features heroes of an imagined kingdom who pit the power of their love and devotion against dark forces of greed and suppression. This Edition presents — Swan Lake, A City in Winter, and The Veil of Snows — in a single volume. Award-winning illustrator Chris Van Allsburg’s 42 full-color plates complement Helprin’s prose with sensitively wrought, finely nuanced images — sometimes grand, sometimes fanciful, always evocative.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
