QUICKSILVER; CONFUSION; THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD: The Baroque Cycle. Three Volume Set.
by Stephenson, Neal
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in a like dustjackets (volume 2 and 3 have remainder lines, but all are tight and clean copies)/like
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins),, (2003-4.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjackets (volume 2 and 3 have remainder lines, but all are tight and clean copies). First printing. Three epic novels, set in the late 17th and early 18th centuries - a combination of "history, adventure, science, truth, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death and alchemy." The Baroque Cycle provides part of the deep backstory to the characters and events featured in Cryptonomicon. Set in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the novels feature ancestors of several characters in Cryptonomicon, as well as events and objects which affect the action in that book. 927, 815, 892 pp. respectively. Map endpapers. Priced as a set.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87504
- Title
- QUICKSILVER; CONFUSION; THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD: The Baroque Cycle. Three Volume Set.
- Author
- Stephenson, Neal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in a like dustjackets (volume 2 and 3 have remainder lines, but all are tight and clean copies)
- Jacket Condition
- like
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins),
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2003-4.)
- Keywords
- historical fiction, 17th century,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction and Fantasy;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Ione, California
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