Nightwatch

Nightwatch - Uncorrected Advance Proof/1st (Paperback) UNREAD!!!

Sergei Lukyanenko

Hyperion Books 2006-07, New York, New York, 2006

First Edition/Advanced Proof

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Advanced Proof/1st

Paperback Condition: Near Fine, UNREAD!!!

ISBN 10 1401359795

New York: Miramax Books / Hyperion 2006. Advance Uncorrected Proof - Paperback.

"Others. They walk among us. Observing. Set in contemporary Moscow, where shape shifters, vampires, and street sorcerers linger in the shadows, Night Watch is the first book of the hyper-imaginative fantasy trilogy from bestselling Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko". Pictorial wrappers, 455 pages. Near Fine copy. (See pictures)

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Why this book is important:

The novel Nightwatch is first in a cycle that continues with Day Watch, Twilight Watch (also known as Dusk Watch), Last Watch (also known as Final Watch), New Watch, and Sixth Watch. The first story of the novel, Destiny, was made into a successful Russian film, Night Watch.

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FINE ~ Marginally less than perfect, and may designate a book that is still new, or a book that has been carefully read. The use of the term Fine (as compared to Near Fine or Very Good) often depends on when the book was published. A recent book should have no notable defects at all. But the dustjacket of a Fine older book may have a small closed tear, or be a little rubbed, even a bit worn at the edges. Such defects, if present, must be minor and should always be noted.

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*Grading definitions from Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association.

As a seller, I describe most collectible books as either in Near Fine or Very Good condition. I have never described even books in pristine condition as “Fine”.

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