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Glasshouse (Signed Ltd Edition)
by Stross, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Issued Without Jacket
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Issued Without Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ed Cox. First edition thus Easton Press 2006. A beautifully produced and bound book in full leather with raised bands, and gilt titles and ornaments. The boards are clean and sharp. All the gilt titles and upper board decoration are perfect. Spine lovely and gilt titles perfect. The text block has bright unmarked gilt edges. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels unread. Fine condition. Signed by author to limitation page. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A superb near fine example of this collectible title by Stross. This volume is produced to the usual excellent Easton Press standard, issued in the Easton Press Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series. Has the publisher's original "Note on Glasshouse and the author" card present, as is the author signed Certificate of Authenticity. With frontispiece by Ed Cox, Signed by Stross to the limitation page, this copy being 63 of 900 copies, and was originally only available to subscribers. A great item for a collector's shelves.
Synopsis
When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn’t take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him. It’s the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees’ personalities and target historians. The civil war is over and Robin has been demobilized, but someone wants him out of the picture because of something his earlier self knew. On the run from a ruthless pursuer and searching for a place to hide, he volunteers to participate in a unique experimental polity, the Glasshouse, constructed to simulate a pre-accelerated culture. Participants are assigned anonymized identities: It looks like the ideal hiding place for a posthuman on the run. But in this escape-proof environment, Robin will undergo an even more radical change, placing him at the mercy of the experimenters—and at the mercy of his own unbalanced psyche...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007581
- Title
- Glasshouse (Signed Ltd Edition)
- Author
- Stross, Charles
- Illustrator
- Ed Cox
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Issued Without Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 309
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.98 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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