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Everything that was will be changed forever ...
The System of the World is the concluding volume in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, begun with Quicksilver and continued in The Confusion.
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Neal Stephenson is the author of Reamde, Anathem, and the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World), as well as Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
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- Data di pubblicazione2005
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. #332 of 1,000 signed, numbered, limited edition copies. Signed by author Neal Stephenson at the limitation page. Published by William Morrow in conjunction with Hill House. 892 pages in yellow cloth with gold titling and decoration, housed in matching yellow cloth slipcase. Cloth fine. Slipcase very good with light edgewear, a little dusty to top and bottom edges. No jacket, as issued. Interior clean and bright, unmarked. Signed. Codice articolo BBS-2017525
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Descrizione libro Condizione: Very Good. Limited Edition. The System Of The World, Volume III Of The Baroque Cycle. Signed by the author. Limited Edition signed and numbered, this being number 503 of 1000 copies. Yellow cloth binding in matching yellow cloth slipcase. Gilt lettering spine and front. Codice articolo FORT180047
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Descrizione libro hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Signed and numbered by author on limitation. #568 of 1000. Tome and slipcase a in "like new" condition in every way. Clean pages throughout Binding is secure. Codice articolo C11230627001
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Limited Edition, #821/1000. Octavo, 892 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus slip case. Slip case covered in yellow cloth. Small chip to slip case fore edge. Volume bound in full yellow cloth. Spine with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Binding shows minimal shelf wear and scuffing. Map of London endpapers. Signed flat by Stephenson at limitations page and hand-numbered 821 at limitations page. Shelved in Case 9 3/4. 1359574. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Codice articolo 1359574
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