Cryptonomicon por Neal Stephenson - 1999

Black boards with silver writing on spine; author's signature embossed on front board. Top and bottom of book spine rumpled; binding very slightly pulling away from top of book spine. Shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; front dust jacket shows rubbing. Front dust jacket fold shows partial price-clipping; apart from very slight pulling at top, tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $27.50 on front dust jacket fold.

Avon Books First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "FIRST EDITION" and complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page. True first printing as it contains known point of issue where, on page 480, a typo in the programming (eighth line) of Perl code is found where the line of code is missing a slash after the period. Author's signature and inscription on title page.

Stephenson's "breathtaking tour de force" that "leaps forward and back between World War II and the World Wide Web."Hardcover and original price-clipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.