Description
For sale: an exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of The Nautical Chart by Arturo Perez-Reverte. First US Edition stated, 2001 Harcourt. First Printing with full letter line A C E G I K J H F D B.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on the convex spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild 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 any other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear. First-state jacket and the price on the front flap. Looks great in a new archival wrap.
Coy is a suspended sailor with time on his hands, a mariner without a ship. While attending a maritime auction in Barcelona, he meets a beautiful woman who immediately captures his imagination. Tánger Soto, who works for the Naval Museum in Madrid, is obsessed with the Dei Gloria, a Jesuit ship sunk by pirates in the seventeenth century, and now-she hopes-resting on the bottom of the sea off the southern coast of Spain. Tánger uses her considerable manipulative skills with men and her expertise with documents, atlases, and nautical maps to chart the search for lost treasure.
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