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Auster, Paul. MR. VERTIGO. Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1994.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: In MR. VERTIGO, his dazzling eighth novel, Paul Auster introduces a quintessentially American hero who, early in his life, masters the art of the unimaginable, and then must live out his days long after the magic has been lost and forgotten. It is 1927, the year of Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh - and of Walter Claireborne Rawley, a streetwise orphan from Saint Louis who becomes "Walt the Wonder Boy," a diminutive showman famous for stunning audiences across the country with his feats of levitation. Walt's teacher is Master Yehudi, a mysterious iconoclast who rescues him from poverty and instills in him the faith, fearlessness, and devotion to hard work essential to such a magnificent venture. Inevitably, Master Yehudi and Walt fall prey to the sinners thieves, and villains of America in its pre-depression heyday, from the Kansas Ku Klux Klan to the Chicago mob, and Walt's resilience, like that of his young nation, is over and again challenged. Paul Auster, a "literary original" (Wall Street Journal) whose "bounties of intelligence, mystery and literary magic nourish and delight the mind" (Chicago Sun-Times), embraces both the realist and the mythic traditions in American literature. Walt and Yehudi are classic entrepreneur adventurers, and what they sell in Walt's performance is defiance of the natural laws governing men. This is an extraordinary, exuberant novel that captures the aspirations and excesses of a country ready to soar. As new, unread, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} MLBS1
Seller: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$51.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st ed. thus; 1st printing. Red cloth with silver lettering to spine, in dust-jacket (protected by clear plastic wrapper and taped to cover). 140 x 198 x 39mm. 464pp. Ex-library, with stamps to top edges and title-page, stickers to title-page and jacket spine (no other library marks noticed); spine leaning; clean and bright internally. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.
Seller: Rodney Rogers, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
AUSTER, PAUL. THE NEW YORK TRILOGY. SUN & MOON PRESS PUB 1994, 1994.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION OF "CITY OF GLASS" "GHOSTS" AND "THE LOCKED ROOM" IN A SINGLE CLOTH VOLUME (SUN & MOON PRESS NAF 4-6) BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Auster, Paul.. The New York Trilogy.. Sun & Moon Press, Los Angeles, 1994.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First combined edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (464pp. ) Complete trilogy that includes: "City of Glass" "Ghosts" and "The Locked Room." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American collected edition. Octavo. 464pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Limited to 200 numbered and Signed copies. This is copy number 10. Laid in is bookmark from Sun & Moon Press.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.