Girl with a Pearl Earring

First edition. Sm. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 248, [2]. Blue cloth boards, stamped in gilt to spine; decorated endpapers. First state dust jacket with 'earing' misspelled to rear panel.

1 cm closed tear to top of half-title, 1 inch water stain running half the length of lightly toned textblock (not affecting text), light edgewear to dustjacket, else very good.

Author's second book. Winner of the Barnes and Noble Discover Award for 2000. A richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. Girl with a Pearl Earring is the story of 16-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius, even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil. Basis for the Academy Award nominated movie starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth. "Chevalier brings the real artist Vermeer and a fictional muse to life in a jewel of a novel." –Time Magazine