Description
For sale: a rare first paperback edition, first printing of Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, Book 1) by China Miéville.
The exterior of the paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with a 1/4″ tear on the bottom spine seam. repaired with a small piece of acid-free tape. Also with clean, illustrated covers, no creases, mild surface wear, strong title on an un-cracked spine, clean page blocks, a tight binding with no creases, lightly rubbed spine ends, and mild edge and corner wear. This is a large format paperback (9″ x 6″ x 1.25″) with the price on the front french flap.
The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other 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. Appears unread.
The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the center of the world. Humans and mutants and arcane races brood in the gloom beneath its chimneys, where the river is sluggish with unnatural effluent and foundries pound into the night. For a thousand years, the Parliament and its brutal militias have ruled over a vast economy of workers and artists, spies and soldiers, magicians, crooks, and junkies.
Now a stranger has arrived, with a pocketful of gold and an impossible demand. And something unthinkable is released.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
