Name/Title
The Club Dumas / Arturo Pérez-ReverteEntry/Object ID
2025.16.53Description
Slipcase with gray covers, with edges and spine dark gray. On spine is an inlay with book’s title, author, and illustration of a shadowy figure holding a book. On the back of the case is a man running, book under his arm. Dust jacket front shows the same man, with better lighting, running over an open book catching alight. The back shows a book and papers at sea, on fire, sinking down. Endpapers show library shelves with light falling perpendicular to the spines. Top edge is blacked out. 432p, with illustrations. Mylar dust protector. Magic square, using Roman numerals, under publishing information.
From publisher - Lucas Corso, an antiquarian and rare book dealer, gets pulled into a dark world as he tracks down two copies of a demonology book and dangerous accidents begin. The multi-layered and nuanced narrative is an eclectic mix of mystery, occult, and murder. And it’s filled with enough biblio-references to impress even the most ardent critic. There’s no shortage of Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, Poe, Doyle, and of course Dumas to go around. But step lightly, for even Lucifer may be waiting in the wings. It's a novel that celebrates the escapism of storytelling as much as it celebrates the book as an object of fanatical obsession. But in a world where book collecting is akin to religion, the devil is most certainly in the details.Collection
Howard KistlerParts
1 gray slipcase
1 bookBook Details
Author
Arturo Pérez-ReverteIllustrator
Ricardo Martinez, Doug BellVolume/Number/Issue
283 of 500 copiesPublisher
Centipede PressPlace Published
City
LakewoodState/Province
ColoradoCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
2023Binding
Binding Type
Hardcover or Case BoundBinding Notes
RoundbackNotes
First published in Spain as El Club Dumas in 1993. First American edition published by Harcourt Brace in 1997.
