Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional signed first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Orfeo by Richard Powers. First Edition stated, 2014 W. W. Norton. First Printing with full number line, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. No dust jacket as issued. Includes the Special Edition insert.
Fine hardcover with spotless, cloth-covered boards, strong ink author’s name and title on a straight spine. Also, clean page blocks, no spine tilt, strong spine ends, no edge wear, strong corners. Signed by author on the Powell’s IndieSpensible illustrated signature page with no inscription. No other marks or inscriptions inside. Pages clean and bright. Pristine unread condition. No dust jacket as issued. NF slipcase with very mild edge wear and a colorful graphic from a Cezanne oil painting, which is also found on the end papers of the book.
No dust jacket as issued.
In Orfeo, composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab―the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find music in surprising patterns―has aroused the suspicions of Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid, Els turns fugitive and hatches a plan to transform this disastrous collision with the security state into an unforgettable work of art that will reawaken its audience to the sounds all around it.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
