An Epitaph In Rust by Tim Powers (a novel in two acts), lettered edition Copy

$1,250 · Offered by Charnel House

Signed · Limited edition

An Epitaph In Rust is Tim Powers’ second book, published in 1976. The novel takes place in L.A. in 2179 where the police are androids brewed in vats, and Thomas, a wanted runaway monk, joins a theater group putting on a stage production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It but the production is a cover for a covert resistance force planning to take over the city and institute a new government. 26 Lettered Copies: bound in scarlet Morocco leather with the theater Comedy/Tragedy Mask hand-stamped in silver foil on front board. All books are sewn and bound by hand and signed by the author. Printed in two colors on Mohawk Superfine 80lb Ultrawhite, Eggshell text paper. 198 pages 6 X 9 page trim May 2023 pub date Reserve your seats before the union closes down the show! (lettered edition)

• Binding: Hardcover

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