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Edité par The Penguin Press, New York, 2007
ISBN 10 : 1594201269ISBN 13 : 9781594201264
Vendeur : Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, Etats-Unis
Livre
Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Advance Reader's Copy.
Edité par The Penguin Press, New York, 2007
ISBN 10 : 1594201269ISBN 13 : 9781594201264
Vendeur : Grandmahawk's Eyrie, Mansfield Center, CT, Etats-Unis
Livre Edition originale
Hard Cover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. First Edition. HB, black boards in pictorial DJ, 344pp. This is s new unread copy with no perceptible flaws. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Edité par The Penguin Press, New York, 2007
ISBN 10 : 1594201269ISBN 13 : 9781594201264
Vendeur : Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, Etats-Unis
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un-read copy. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. First US Edition. Remainder.
Edité par Fig Tree / Penguin Group, London, 2007
ISBN 10 : 0670916358ISBN 13 : 9780670916351
Vendeur : The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, Royaume-Uni
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some very slight yellowing to extremities of largely white jacket, not price clipped (£16.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks almost unread. 344pp. Vienna 1770. Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange and amazing invention The Mechanical Turk, a sensational and unbeatable chess playing automaton. But what the Habsburg court hails as the greatest innovation of the century is really nothing more than a brilliant illusion. The chess machine is secretly operated from inside by the Italian dwarf Tibor, a God fearing social outcast whose chess playing abilities and diminutive size make him the perfect accomplice in this grand hoax. Von Kempelen and his helpers tour his remarkable invention all around Europe to amaze and entertain the public, but despite many valiant attempts and close calls, no one is able to beat the extraordinary chess machine. The crowds all across Europe adore the Turk, and the success of Baron von Kempelen seems assured. But when a beautiful and seductive Countess dies under mysterious circumstances in the presence of the automaton, the Mechanical Turk falls under a cloud of suspicion, and the machine and its inventor become the target of espionage, persecution, and aristocratic intrigue. What is the dark secret behind this automaton and what strange powers does it hold? From the dungeons of Venice to the imperial court in Vienna, from the palaces of the Pressburg nobility to the alleyways of the Jewish quarter 'The Secrets of the Chess Machine' is the breathtaking historical adventure, based on a true story, of a legendary invention.
Edité par Published by Fig Tree, Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London First English Edition . London 2007., 2007
Vendeur : Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Edition originale
First English edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, red title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 344 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780670916368 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.