The Diamond Age, or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Stephenson, Neal - 1995

Spectra, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Previous owner's penned initials to the front pastedown, minor thumbing to fore-edge, very little to no wear. Text is clean. Jacket in Brodart for preservation. 'Decades into our future, a stone's throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neo-Victorians. He's made an illicit copy of a state-of-the-art interactive device called A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer. Commissioned by an eccentric duke for his grandchild, stolen for Hackworth's own daughter, the Primer's purpose is to educate and raise a girl capable of thinking for herself. It performs its function superbly. Unfortunately for Hackworth, his smuggled copy has fallen into the wrong hands.' 455 pages. .