The Secret History (Inscribed First Edition)

Donnt Tartt

Published by Knopf, New York, 1992

About this Item

TARTT, Donna. The Secret History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Publisher?s illustrated boards backed in black cloth; printed acetate dust jacket. Signed by Donna Tartt on the front free endpaper and inscribed to ?Lisk.? Jacket price intact.

Condition: Very Good in Very Good acetate dust jacket. Book is sound and complete, with light handling wear appropriate to grade. The printed acetate jacket is present, with the publisher?s price intact, showing light rubbing, surface wear, and minor clouding typical of this fragile production. A clean, collectible copy of Tartt?s celebrated debut.

Note: The first printing of The Secret History was issued by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992 with the distinctive printed acetate jacket designed by Chip Kidd and Barbara de Wilde. Signed examples of the true first printing are increasingly sought after, and copies retaining the original priced acetate jacket are especially desirable, as the jacket is prone to rubbing, scratching, and clouding.

Importance: Tartt?s first novel became one of the defining literary debuts of the 1990s and remains central to the modern campus novel and the later cultural vocabulary of ?dark academia.? Its blend of classical learning, psychological suspense, and moral dislocation has made it both a contemporary literary touchstone and a durable collector?s title. This signed first printing, with its original priced acetate jacket, is a strong example for collectors of modern first editions.

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Seller Inventory # DTSH-001

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secret History (Inscribed First Edition)
• Publisher: Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)