Donna Tartt — The Goldfinch

London, Little, Brown, 2013 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Donna Tartt's prize-winning, coming of age novel, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. A fantastic coming of age novel told in the first person. It follows the protagonist Theodore Decker, a 13 year old who survives a terrorist bombing at an art museum. Theo takes with him a small Dutch Golden Age painting 'The Goldfinch' which draws him into the underworld of art. A bestselling novel, spending over thirty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. As well as winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this novel was shortlisted for the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. It was also awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for 2014. With a frontispiece of a goldfinch, tipped-in. A fine example of this important work. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with very light edge wear and the odd handling mark. A barcode label to the rear and a 'Signed' label to the front. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Author's signature to title page. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.