Magic Lantern, The – Timothy Garton Ash
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For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of ’89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague by Timothy Garton Ash.  First Edition stated, 1980 Random House. First Printing, with complete print line starting at 2 above the First Edition statement on the copyright page, as per publisher.

The book is in Near Fine condition with spotless boards, strong title gilt on the spine and front cover, moderate foxing to the top page block, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed 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 moderate surface wear and mild edge wear, and the price clipped from the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that define a historic moment, written by a brilliant witness who was also a participant in epochal events. Whether covering Poland’s first free parliamentary elections—in which Solidarity found itself in the position of trying to limit the scope of its victory—or sitting in at the meetings of an unlikely coalition of bohemian intellectuals and Catholic clerics orchestrating the liberation of Czechoslovakia, Timothy Garton Ash writes with enormous sympathy and power.

Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.