"Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier - First issue wrapper with spelling mistake at rear panel ‘Earing’

Scarce. First edition, first printing, original blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. 

Near Fine copy of scarce first edition first impression with misspelling error on rear dustwrapper of 'earing'. SIGNED and DATED (2008) by Tracy Chevalier to title page. A near fine copy, not price clipped and no blemishes. Both book and wrapper are in Fine condition. No tears, no creases, not price clipped. Some browning to page block as is common with this edition.

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