The Confusion - first US edition
by Neal Stephenson - signed
In 'The Confusion', the second volume of the "Baroque Cycle," it is the year
1689. A cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, a.k.a.
King of the Vagabonds, a.k.a. Half-Cocked Jack, lately and miraculously cured of
the pox -- devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure
ensues, rife with battles, chases, hairbreadth escapes, swashbuckling,
bloodletting, and danger -- a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver ...
nay, gold ... nay, legendary gold that will place the intrepid band at odds with
the mighty and the mad . . .
Book has dull orange boards, quarter-bound with dull brick red cloth. Title and
ornamentation on the spine in copper. Maps of Europe and Asia decorate the
endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page, full number line. This is
less frequent, as the author did not tour this book. It is much more common to
find this first edition with a publisher-tipped in page signed by the author.
Dust wrapper is price-intact at $27.95, mylar protected.