Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, First Edition (46 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condition: New. 2000. 1st Edition. paperback. Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that have shaped the past century. He weaves together the cracking of the Axis codes during WWII and the quest to establish a free South East Asian 'data haven' for digital information in the present. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 674. . . . . .

Condition: Good. 1st ed. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST UK EDITION. LARGE FORMAT PAPERBACK. SCIENCE FICTION THRILLER NOVEL SET IN BOTH THE PRESENT AND DURING WORLD WORLD TWO. SET AROUND THE BREAKING OF THE ENIGMA CODE AND MODERN INTERNET CODES. SLIGHT LIGHT FADING ON SOME PAGE EDGES. WEAR ON COVER AND EXTERIOR SPINE EDGES. PEELING ON TOP AND BOTTOM FRONT COVER TURNING POINTS. SLIGHT WEAR AND CREASING ON COVERS. LOCATION: LWT/A.

Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First British edition. "This complex and ambitious cyber-thriller, which begs comparison with Pynchon's GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, features half a dozen well- conceived plot lines. During World War II, the mathematical genius and cryptographer Lawrence Waterhouse, a friend of Alan Turing, is instrumental in breaking the Nazi's Enigma code. Some 60 years later, his grandson Randy, a computer hacker, is involved in setting up a small- scale, but high-tech data haven in Southeast Asia, only to find out that his project has attracted the attention of a number of powerful governments, multinational corporations, and secret organizations. Randy also discovers evidence of a secret conspiracy that may be centuries old." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1075. Locus Award winner. Hugo Award nominee for best novel. A prelude to the author's "Baroque Cycle" of novels. Trade paperback format. A fine copy. (#161575).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st edition/1st printing with full number line. Foxing has occurred on the edges of the pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Never read. Rear endpapers badly glued with minor tear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 918 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: Fine (bottom of deckle-edged pages slightly soiled from shelf)/Fine (in well-applied mylar, apparently from new). 1st Ed., 1st Printing/First Edition, First Printing (number line). All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI, USA.

Softcover. Condition: vg+. Quite a decent copy. Stated First Perennial edition. Previously read, but clean and unmarked. 918pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good to Fine. 1st Edition. A complicated mix of techno-thriller and historical fiction that inevitably ends up in the sf section of most book stores, and will suffer the same fate here in the AFB cyberstacks, mainly because I don't know how else to deal with it (anything else new in the metaverse?) Blind-stamped facsimile signature on black boards w/gilt spine lettering, 918 pages. Light general wear in like dust jacket. This weighs more than the average book, so additional postage may be required. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. A nice hardcover in a protective Mylar sleeve with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours a tracking number and delivery confirmation.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, not remainder marked. Some bumps and light wear to top edges of dust jacket. A very nice copy for a collector. During World War II, the mathematical genius and cryptographer Lawrence Waterhouse, a friend of Alan Turing, is instrumental in breaking the Nazi's Enigma code. Some 60 years later, his grandson Randy, a computer hacker, is involved in setting up a small- scale, but high-tech data haven in Southeast Asia, only to find out that his project has attracted the attention of a number of powerful governments, multinational corporations, and secret organizations. Randy also discovers evidence of a secret conspiracy that may be centuries old.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 44.95 G FM SCIFI - STEPH T144. First Edition. FIRST Edition. Good hardbound book with dust jacket covered in clear, protective Brodart. GOOD - Collectible. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Available is a TRUE 1st ed/1st prtg, w/ complete numberline to "1", of CRYPTONOMICON by NEAL STEPHENSON. Published by AVON Books in 1999, book and mylar protected dust jacket are FINE. Original price of $27.50 intact. A lovely copy, becoming quite rare in TRUE 1st/1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 0380973464 First edition, First printing. NOT inscribed, price clipped or otherwise marked. Number line starting with a "1". Dust jacket in a protective cover and securely wrapped and shipped in a box. F/F.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First printing. Near fine in a near fine (security sticker on verso) dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, FOURTH printing. "First Avon Books printing May 1999" statement, and fourth printing number code sequence 10 through 4 to the copyright page. Winner of the Prometheus and Locus Awards, finalist for the Hugo and Clarke Awards. This significant science fiction novel is set in two timelines, in WWII featuring a secret intelligence genius breaking a Nazi code, and also in the 1990s featuring the genius's grandson, a crypto-hacker who uncovers a supposedly unbreakable Nazi code from a sunken submarine. Lightly crimped to the upper and lower spine edges, else near fine, square, and firm in black linen-textured boards over black boards with blind embossed author facsimile signature to the front cover, gilt embossed titles to the spine, yellow-and-black checkered headband and tail-band, deckle page fore-edges; in a very nearly fine dust jacket with cryptography art enhanced with a gilt by Liz Kenyon, silver foil author's name still quite nice to the front and spine panels, with minute crimps to the upper spine edge, and a tiny very mild crease to the lower shelf-edge; original $27.50 printed price still intact to the front inner flap--the same price as the first printing.

Octavo, boards. First edition, first printing. "This complex and ambitious cyber-thriller, which begs comparison with Pynchon's GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, features half a dozen well-conceived plot lines. During World War II, the mathematical genius and cryptographer Lawrence Waterhouse, a friend of Alan Turing, is instrumental in breaking the Nazi's Enigma code. Some 60 years later, his grandson Randy, a computer hacker, is involved in setting up a small-scale, but high-tech data haven in Southeast Asia, only to find out that his project has attracted the attention of a number of powerful governments, multinational corporations, and secret organizations. Randy also discovers evidence of a secret conspiracy that may be centuries old." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1075. Locus Award winner. Hugo Award nominee for best novel. A prelude to the author's "Baroque Cycle" of novels. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168644).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light edge wear to crisp and clean dust jacket. Small crease/ tear to inside front cover. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.

Condition: FINE. First printing. Hugo Award winning writer's massive novel, which was also shortlisted for the Hugo and winner of the Locus Award. An amazing tour de force involving Nazi cryptography Enigma code and project Arethusa, leaping between World War II history and the near future Worldwide Web, while hinting at a dark tomorrow for personal and digital liberty. "great art, thought and creative daring; a truely iconoclastic imagination working with white hot intensity." Relatively small first printing. 918 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (unusually good condition for such a thick book).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. small rub to the silver foil letter E else fine. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Book in a Near Fine Dust Jacket, Unclipped ($27.50). Book is significantly shelf worn with bumping and rubbing to extremities. Bottom edge of text block has some soiling. Binding is square but beginning to loosen ever so slightly. Amy Halperin designed dust jacket is moderately shelf worn and lightly sunned to extremities. Hardcover. Octavo. 918pp. Publisher's Black Boards Backed with Black Cloth, Gilt Detailing.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First printing. Signed by the author without personalized inscription. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. yk.

Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gilt lettered quarter black smooth cloth over black paper boards. Wrapped in decorative dust jacket. Wear to edges o/w near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Author's fourth book. 1 in the number line. Dust jacket protected with mylar. Ships in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition with full number line starting with 1. Unread. DJ in archival cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Liz Kenyon, dj art (illustrator). 1st Edition 1st Printing. The book has light soiling to the edges of the page block. The dust jacket has light wear to the covers and is unclipped ($27.50).10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line. Signed by the author on the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Unread book is lovely with exception of very slightest separation of the superior spine, which is common for a book of this size. There is a complete number line including "1". Book has been signed by the author on the title-page. The mylar protectedDJ is price-intact ($27.50) and is lovely. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. first edition, first printing. Large octavo, 918 pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Light crease on last leaf, else fine. Unclipped jacket is in fine condition. Studio.