Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first edition, first printing of Stone’s Fall by Iain Pears, protected in a new archival wrap. First US Edition stated, 2009 Spegel & Grau. First Printing with full number line. 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, lightly foxed page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and two bumped corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks or inscriptions. 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 a telephone number written on the back, the price present on the front flap, and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost,Iain Pears tells the story of John Stone, financier and arms dealer, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries, and indeed entire countries and continents.
A panoramic novel with a riveting mystery at its heart, Stone’s Fall is a quest to discover how and why John Stone dies, falling out of a window at his London home.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
