Description
For sale: an exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Purity of Blood by Arturo Perez-Reverte. First Edition unstated, 2006 G. P. Punam’s. First Printing with full number line.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on spine, a few smudges and spots on 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, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, making it a stunning example of this highly sought-after first edition that looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Purity of Blood by Arturo Perez-Reverte features a seventeenth-century Spanish soldier Alatriste, who works as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid. Hired to rescue a man’s daughter from a convent where a powerful corrupt priest is forcing her to be his personal concubine, Alatriste finds himself thrust into a religious and political conspiracy with ties to the highest levels of the Inquisition.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
