First hardcover edition. Limited edition, one of 26 lettered copies. Signed by the author. Publisher's original dark green soft leather with titles in bronze to the spine. Housed in the green leather solander box. Illustrated title page, frontispiece and chapter headings by Patrick Arrasmith. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed tray case, with titles in bronze to the backstrip.
Issued in a limited edition of 26 lettered copies of which this example is lettered 'D' and signed by the author in blue ink on the limitation page. The first hardcover edition of an early (1988) science thriller written by Neal Stephenson long before 'Snow Crash' brought him international recognition.
Stock code: 26574
£600