The Starless Sea (Signed & Dated First UK edition-first printing) Plus 2 Bookmarks & bee-Brooch

Morgenstern, Erin

ISBN 10: 1910701459 / ISBN 13: 9781910701454

Published by Harvill Secker, 2019

Mint condition. Harvill Secker, 2019. First UK edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). The book is Signed and dated (24/11/2019) on the title page by the Author. Black hardback (gilt lettering to the spine) with protected Dj cover, both in mint condition. The book is new and included two Publisher's bookmarks and Bee-brooch. 498pp. Price un-clipped. A collectable Signed and dated first edition with stencilled page edges. Heavy book. This is another paragraph Book Description: When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library it leads him on a quest unlike any other. Its pages entrance him with their tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities and nameless acolytes, but they also contain something impossible: a recollection from his own childhood. Determined to solve the puzzle of the book, Zachary follows the clues he finds on the cover a bee, a key and a sword. They guide him to a masquerade ball, to a dangerous secret club, and finally through a magical doorway created by the fierce and mysterious Mirabel. This door leads to a subterranean labyrinth filled with stories, hidden far beneath the surface of the earth. When the labyrinth is threatened, Zachary must race with Mirabel, and Dorian, a handsome barefoot man with shifting alliances, through its twisting tunnels and crowded ballrooms, searching for the end of his story. You are invited to join Zachary on the starless sea: the home of storytellers, story-lovers and those who will protect our stories at all costs. Seller Inventory # 11545

Synopsis:

The magical new novel from the bestselling author of The Night Circus.

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a strange book hidden in the library stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues – a bee, a key and a sword – that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to a subterranean library, hidden far below the surface of the earth.

What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians – it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also those who are intent on its destruction.

Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly-soaked shores of this magical world, searching for understanding, both of the mysterious book and his own life.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Starless Sea (Signed & Dated First UK ...
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: Signed by Author
Edition: First UK edition-first printing.