Baroque Cycle Quicksilver Confusion System by Stephenson Neal (5 results)

Condition: FINE. 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. Very near fine in a like dustjackets (volume 2 and 3 have remainder lines, but all are tight and clean copies).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Three volumes, all first edition, first printings. NF/NF. Excellent, unread condition with minimal wear. All three jackets have the prices intact on the flaps. Interiors are pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box. International orders will require an additional shipping charge.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Uncorrected Proofs: Quicksilver Limited Edition - Number 361 of 435 copies, System of the World Limited Edition Number 249 of 450 copies. Quicksilver is Signed by Neal Stephenson on the half-title page, The Confusion and System of the World are Signed on the title page by Neal Stephenson. White printed wrappers. x, 927 pages. 815 pages. xv, 892 pages. Quicksilver is fine with some bubbling of the paper on the spine. The Confusion and System of the World are very fine. Quicksilver was the Winner of the 2004 Arthur C. Clarke Award. The Confusion was the Winner of the 2005 Locus Award. Volumes one and three are limited editions. There apparently was not a limited edition proof for The Confusion. Signed by Author(s).

William Morrow and Company, New York 2003-2004. xiv, 927; 815; 892 pp. 3 volumes. Hardcover with d/w. Good condition.

London, William Heinemann, 2003-2004, tre volumi in-8vo cartonato editoriale con sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, pp. XIV, 927 + (14), 815 + XV, 892, (4). Testi nell'originale inglese. Ciclo completo in tre volumi, tutti in eccellente stato di conservazione (fine copies) e in prima edizione britannica (seconda impressione).