THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE

by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling

$75 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990. Octavo, boards. First edition. Perhaps the classic steampunk novel. A tale set in a filthy, polluted Victorian England running Babbage's hardware and ruled by Lord Byron who had escaped death in Greece. A 1991 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-442. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with 10 mm closed tear at upper rear spine fold. #155834

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