Book #14380

Girl with a Pearl Earring - 1st Edition/1st State

Tracy Chevalier
Book #14380 Girl with a Pearl Earring - 1st Edition/1st State. Tracy Chevalier.
Girl with a Pearl Earring - 1st Edition/1st State
Girl with a Pearl Earring - 1st Edition/1st State

Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: London: Harpercollins Publishers, 1999.
ISBN: 0002258900

A beautiful first edition in the first state dust-wrapper (with spelling error "Pearl Earing") in Fine condition with slightly yellowed paged, SIGNED by author Tracy Chevalier on the title page. Scarce.

Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is the story of 16-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius, even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.

Basis for the Academy Award nominated movie starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; 8vo; [vi], 248, [2] pages; Signed by Author.

Price: $590.63

Author Bio

Tracy Chevalier

US born and London based Tracy Chevalier (October 19, 1962) is a bestselling historical novelist who obtained world fame with her 1999 novel The Girl with a Pearl Earring.

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