The Secret History $350.00
New York, NY: Knopf (1992)
Near fine in decorated wrappers. This the advanced reader’s edition of The Secret History issued prior to the release of the hardcover book.
The Secret History $350.00
New York, NY: Knopf (1992)
Near fine in publisher’s acetate dust jacket.
The Little Friend $300.00
London, UK: Bloomsbury (2002)
One of 350 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in publisher’s black cloth slipcase. The book is quarter-bound in black leather with orange blind-stamped boards and includes a ribbon marker. Page edges are orange.
The Goldfinch $350.00
New York, NY: Little Brown (2013)
Near fine in decorated wrappers.
The Goldfinch $30.00
New York, NY: Little Brown (2013)
As new in dust jacket.
This is a signed, first edition, LATER printing.
The Little Friend $75.00
New York, NY: Knopf (2002)
Fine in dust jacket.
From Library Journal: It has been a decade since Tartt blazed forth with The Secret History, but it was worth the wait. Set in small-town Mississippi, her new work centers on the family of Harriet Cleve, shattered forever after the murder by hanging of Harriets nine-year-old brother, Robin, when Harriet was still a baby. Harriets mother has withdrawn, her father has left town (though he still supports the family), and Harriet and sister Allison are essentially raised by their redoubtable grandmother, Edie, and a gaggle of aunts who, though mostly married, are ultimately “spinsters at heart.” Harriet grows up an ornery and precocious child who at age 12 determines that she will finally uncover her brothers murderer. Whether or not she solves the crime is hardly the point; what matters here is the writing-dense, luscious, and exact-and Tartts ability to reconstruct the life of this family in vivid detail. Harriet in particular is an extraordinary creation; shes a believable child who is also persuasively wise beyond her years. That debut was no fluke; highly recommended. –Barbara Hoffert, “Library Journal”