Doubleday and Company Inc, 1970
First Edition, First Printing Stunning crisp Fine/near fine Book an original FINE dust jacket. First volume in the Amber series.
Please note:
” The first (Doubleday hardcover) edition of the novel is unusually rare; the publisher pulped a significant part of the original print run in error when the order went out to destroy remaining copies of the older book, Creatures of Light and Darkness.”
The book is in Fine condition, with crisp, clean, bright boards with sharp corners, but with the end papers replaced due to the dust jacket protector having been glued down to the originals. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The cloth is richly toned and the spine titles are a bright unfaded silver. The binding is tight and square, a very slight bit of bowing to the front board. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with sharp corners, no handling marks, no foxing, no page creases, no writing, and no stains. Beautiful crisp clean book appearing as unread. Please see the many included images.
The original dust jacket is in FINE unrestored condition, having lived its life well protected in a jacket protector. The jacket has No edgewear, No chips, No tears, No rubbing, No age toning, and No foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $4.50. Stunning jacket! Please see the many included images.
A very handsome copy of this extremely scarce title, with a stunning dust jacket. Presents very well on the shelf
