THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET; A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick
New York: Scholastic Press, 2007. Brian Selznick. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. SIGNED by the Author, thick 8vo, black boards decorated with silver spine lettering and silver border on front cover, elaborately decorated full-color dust jacket (unclipped) with golden key-complication motif against a dark sky with full moon, circular black small sticker on dj stating "SIGNED COPY," profusely illustrated with B&W sketches by the author-artist, 533 pages + [1] Colophon. Very Fine / Very Fine. Item #1494
ISBN: 0439813786
Exceptional novelistic-&-artistic novel! Won the Caldecott Medal for 2008!
Made into an Academy Award-winning movie by Martin Scorcese.
Exceptional Condition!
"Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks--like the gears of the clocks he kees--with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret,are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a sttolen key, a mechanical man, ad a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery."--jacket.
Price: $145.00