Deception Point — First Edition, First Printing — Dan Brown — 2001 — Original Dust Jacket

First Edition, First Printing. Deception Point by Dan Brown. New York: Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2001. 372 pages. True first edition and first printing, with “First Pocket Books hardcover printing November 2001” stated on the copyright page and the complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. ISBN 0-671-02737-9. Published before the extraordinary success of The Da Vinci Code transformed Dan Brown into an international bestselling author, Deception Point was Brown's third novel. The political and scientific thriller follows intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton after NASA discovers an extraordinary object buried beneath the Arctic ice. Bound in the publisher's original hardcover binding and retaining the original pictorial dust jacket, featuring the distinctive black, gray, pink and blue design of the first edition. Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. The book appears exceptionally clean and well preserved, with a firm binding and clean interior. Pages remain clean and bright with only minimal evidence of handling or age. The original dust jacket remains crisp and attractive, retaining strong color and presenting extremely well. There is only light shelf and handling wear, including minor rubbing and slight wear at the edges and corners. No significant chips, tears or losses are apparent from the photographs provided. Jacket is housed in a clear protective cover. A particularly attractive example of the true First Edition, First Printing of Dan Brown's third novel, published two years before The Da Vinci Code made him one of the world's most commercially successful thriller writers. …