THE GREAT GLASS SEA

New York: Grove Press, 2014. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed, slipcased first edition of Weil's debut novel, a fantasy set in an alternate near-future Russia, issued for the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a signed and slipcased recent release, as well as one or more promotional titles (usually ARCs or the like, but sometimes advance excerpts). 8.75'' x 6''. Original blue boards with blue cloth spine. In original unclipped ($27.00) dust jacket by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich. In original green cloth slipcase. Pictorial endpapers. 474 pages. With original INDIESPENSABLE booklet. Signed by Weil on title page.