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The Moon and the Sun
A signed first-edition, first-printing hardcover of The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre, published by Pocket Books in September 1997. McIntyre has signed the title page directly beneath her printed name, without a visible personalization or inscription. The illustrated dust jacket retains an autographed-book sticker on the lower front panel.
Set at the court of Louis XIV, the novel combines meticulously imagined seventeenth-century Versailles with speculative fantasy. A natural philosopher returns from an expedition with a captive sea creature believed to hold the secret of immortality, drawing his gifted sister into a conflict involving royal ambition, scientific discovery, faith, freedom, and the humanity of a being treated as a curiosity. The novel won the Nebula Award for Best Novel.
The copyright page states “First Pocket Books hardcover printing September 1997” and includes the complete number line ending in 1, confirming the first printing. ISBN 0-671-56765-9. Interior illustrations are present.
The book and dust jacket are in Very Good condition, with light shelf and edge wear and minor rubbing visible at the jacket extremities. The aged autographed-book sticker remains affixed to the front jacket. The signed title page and copyright page shown are clean and legible. Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description. The book will be packaged carefully to help protect it in transit.
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A signed first-edition, first-printing hardcover of The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre, published by Pocket Books in September 1997. McIntyre has signed the title page directly beneath her printed name, without a visible personalization or inscription. The illustrated dust jacket retains an autographed-book sticker on the lower front panel.
Set at the court of Louis XIV, the novel combines meticulously imagined seventeenth-century Versailles with speculative fantasy. A natural philosopher returns from an expedition with a captive sea creature believed to hold the secret of immortality, drawing his gifted sister into a conflict involving royal ambition, scientific discovery, faith, freedom, and the humanity of a being treated as a curiosity. The novel won the Nebula Award for Best Novel.
The copyright page states “First Pocket Books hardcover printing September 1997” and includes the complete number line ending in 1, confirming the first printing. ISBN 0-671-56765-9. Interior illustrations are present.
The book and dust jacket are in Very Good condition, with light shelf and edge wear and minor rubbing visible at the jacket extremities. The aged autographed-book sticker remains affixed to the front jacket. The signed title page and copyright page shown are clean and legible. Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description. The book will be packaged carefully to help protect it in transit.
