This is the first edition of Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver, the first volume in the Baroque Cycle. There is minor wear on the dust jacket but otherwise this book is in very good condition. I find the uncut pages of Neal Stephenson's hefty first editions charming, only to be enhanced by the alchemical symbol for mercury (or quicksilver) printed on the front cover, and the gorgeous maps of that Europe and London that illustrate both the front and back pastedowns/endpapers.

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