Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Pacific and Other Stories by Mark Helprin in a new archival wrap.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean,bright boards, strong title gilt on the straight spine, smudges on page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly bumped corners. The interior of the book is in 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 price on the front flap and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
A new collection of short fiction by the author of Winter’s Tale features sixteen stories that profile such colorful characters as a British paratrooper on a mission behind enemy lines, a teenage Hasidic Jew who joins the 1958 Yankees, a female reservist with the Israeli army searching for love, and a September 11th widow who receives a gift from the contractor working on her apartment.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
