The Alienist (Easton Press Signed Collector's Edition)

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CARR, Caleb. The Alienist. Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2013. Octavo. Full deep brown leather. Spine with raised bands, 22-carat gilt accents. Gilt design and lettering to covers. All edges gilt. Moiré silk endpapers. Satin ribbon page marker. 496 pp. Signed Collector's Edition. Part of the Easton Press Signed Modern Classics series. Signed by the author on the special signature page. Includes signed Certificate of Authenticity, edition card, and bookplate adhered to front endpaper. Originally published New York: Random House, 1994. Caleb Carr (1955–2024) was born in Manhattan, the son of Lucien Carr — one of the founding figures of the Beat Generation — and grew up surrounded by the literary culture his father moved in, before turning decisively toward history. He studied military history at New York University and pursued a doctorate in military and diplomatic history at the University of London. His preoccupations — the psychology of violence, the emergence of forensic science, the social history of nineteenth-century New York — were unusual combinations for a novelist, and The Alienist is the product of that unusual combination. It won the 1995 Anthony Award for Best First Novel and launched one of the most distinctive series in American historical crime fiction. Carr died on 28 March 2024; signed copies of his work carry the significance of a posthumous signature from a writer who found his audience on both page and screen. The title is a period term. An "alie

• Binding: Hardcover

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