Los Angeles, Sun & Moon Press, 1985 and 1986. One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author of the three volumes of his acclaimed New York Trilogy. City of Glass was nominated for an Edgar Award, given each year by the Mystery Writers of America for the best (mystery) novel of the year. Prior to City of Glass, Auster had been known as a poet, translator and essayist, but his fiction was little-known and generally considered to be of the post-modern, meta-fiction variety. Ironically, his Edgar nomination -- and his deliberate use of the conventions of the mystery genre as a frame on which to hang a metaphysical and meta-fictional exposition -- served as a breakthrough for him to a much wider audience, after years of being published by small presses (his own included). He has since become well-known, and acclaimed, for his fiction and for his screenplays. In addition to all the volumes being signed on the colophon, Volume 1, City of Glass, is inscribed by the author on the title page. Each volume bears a different letter on the colophon; each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket, with a price sticker on the rear cover of Ghosts. From the collection of Bruce Kahn. [#911003] SOLD

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