Harcourt, 1992-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers; New York, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by author directly on title page. Very Good, tan and burgundy binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding firm, interior and extremities tidy, deckle fore-edge, text block edges a bit sunned, slight spine lean, in a Near Fine, mild sunning along edges, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked but signed copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 358pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

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In France, on the eve of the Revolution, a young man named Claude Page sets out to become the most ingenious and daring inventor of his time. In the course of a career filled with violence and passion, Claude learns the arts of enameling and watchmaking from an irascible, defrocked abbé, apprentices himself to a pornographic bookseller, and applies his erotic erudition to the seduction of the wife of an impotent wigmaker. But it is Claude's greatest device-a talking mechanical head-that both crowns his career and leads to an execution as tragic as that of Marie Antoinette, and far more bizarre. Hailed by critics for the shimmering brilliance of its inventions and its uncanny fidelity to the textures of the past, A Case of Curiosities places Allen Kurzweil securely in the ranks of the finest literary artists of our time.

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Bookseller: Lavendier Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SKU1024753
Title: A Case of Curiosities
Author: Kurzweil, Allen
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0151157936
ISBN 13: 9780151157938
Publisher: Harcourt
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1992-01-01
X weight: 18 oz

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