Istanbul: Memories and the City (With New Introduction by the Author)

Pamuk, Ophan

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st Deluxe Edition, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 560 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Decorated endpapers. Light remainder mark on bottom edge. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Spine straight. Looks nearly new. Beautiful copy. Ophan Pamuk's portrait of his city is a self-portrait, refracted by memory and the melancholy that all Istabullus share: the sadness that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire.

Record # 31715