Books

The Secret History, Donna Tartt, Viking, 1992, First Edition First Impression One of the rarest volumes from modern times and in outstanding condition, Donna Tartt's first book has established a substantial cult following since publication. Part Greek tragedy, part coming of age campus novel and part thriller building on the shared secret of 5 classics students at a New England university, the book became an instant success unusually with the critics and commercially. The book is in near fine condition. The binding is perfectly straight and tight, the boards clean and unmarked, the end papers and pages clean and bright without marks, tears or blemishes. The tiniest amount of small marks to top and base page edges. The unclipped near fine jacket, protected in a clear removable cover is bright and clean without marks or tears. Some barely distinguishable impressions to the black back cover. As a first impression this is incredibly rare and enormously sought after. Will be dispatched fully insured and well packaged.

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality, their lives are changed profoundly and, most horribly, they discover how hard it can be to truly live with what they have learned.