Girl in Hyacinth Blue.

New York, NY Penguin Books, 2000. Paperback First Edition Thus (2000), Ninth Printing. Flat SIGNED BY AUTHOR at the title page. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only a hint of wear to the top of the front 'hinge'; the binding is a little cocked off square but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text.. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.35 x 4.5 x 0.75 inches). 242 pages.13-page Discussion Guide at the end of the text. Language: English. Weight: 8.5 ounces. First Edition Thus (2000), Ninth Printing. Trade Paperback.Reading Vreeland's new book is like opening up a Chinese box: each gem-like chapter reveals a new layer of meaning and import. The "novel" follows the trail of an "unknown" painting by the Dutch master Vermeer -- The Girl in Hyacinth Blue - from the time of its creation in seventeenth-century Holland to the present day. In each of the eight independent but chronologically linked chapters, the painting shows up as a prop in the lives of different owners, and in telling the circumstances under which these people acquire or lose the painting, Vreeland gives the readers a sense of the evolution of Dutch social history. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.