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The New York Trilogy: City of Glass / Ghosts / The Locked Room (Signed First Editions)
by AUSTER, Paul
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine copies in blue cloth boards. In unclipped, illustrated jackets; near fine, save for mild sunning to rear panels. Complete s
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1985-1986. Fine copies in blue cloth boards. In unclipped, illustrated jackets; near fine, save for mild sunning to rear panels. Complete set housed in custom clamshell case, featuring three faux spines with leather lettering pieces.. First Editions. Octavos. A lovely set of Paul Auster's postmodern detective trilogy, each SIGNED to title pages in black ink. City of Glass in the elusive first state jacket, without publisher's seal on spine.
Synopsis
The New York Trilogy is a series of novels by Paul Auster. Originally published sequentially as City of Glass, Ghosts and The Locked Room (1986), it has since been collected into a single volume.
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- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29646
- Title
- The New York Trilogy: City of Glass / Ghosts / The Locked Room (Signed First Editions)
- Author
- AUSTER, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copies in blue cloth boards. In unclipped, illustrated jackets; near fine, save for mild sunning to rear panels. Complete s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press
- Date Published
- 1985-1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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