Description
For sale: an exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Silent House by Orhan Pamuk. First United States Edition stated, 2012 Knopf. First Printing with 2012 on both title and copyright pages and no subsequent printing.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, lightly faded boards, strong title gilt on a convex spine, a few light smudges on page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, rolled bottom spine end, moderate to heavy edge wear, and two lightly bumped corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The rear end paper 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. First-state jacket with striking design by Chip Kidd and the $26.95 price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
By turns deeply moving, hilarious, and terrifying, Silent House pulses with the special energy of a great writer’s early work even as it offers beguiling evidence of the mature genius for which Orhan Pamuk would later be celebrated the world over.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
