New York by Edward Rutherfurd

New York (Collectible Trade Paperback, First Published 2009)

A Sweeping Novel of New York's Four-Century Rise, from Dutch Trading Post to Modern Skyscraper City

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: New York
• Author: Edward Rutherfurd
• Publisher: Century, London
• Publication Date: 2009
• ISBN-13: 9781846051968
• Edition Details: First published in Great Britain in 2009. Century trade paperback edition.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated trade paperback with glossy laminated cover showing a street scene with the Flatiron Building.
• Physical Format: Large softcover (trade paperback format), approximately 235 x 155 mm. Thick volume of about 1,020 pages.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Wraps: The glossy laminated cover is bright, with no tears or stains. The spine shows several light creases and stress lines along its length. Corners and edges are generally clean, with a small dark mark near one corner of the fore-edge. The page block edges are cream-toned.
• Interior: The pages seen are clean and legible, with no markings. The paper is toned cream, and the binding feels tight. No inscriptions, bookplates or stamps.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

First published in Britain by Century in 2009, New York is Edward Rutherfurd's panoramic historical novel of the city, from a small Native American fishing village and Dutch trading post to the modern skyscraper metropolis.

Through the interwoven fortunes of fictional families, alongside real historical figures, Rutherfurd follows New York through British rule, the Revolution, the Civil War, waves of immigration, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Crash, reaching the summer of 2009.

The book was a New York Times bestseller, and the US edition, titled New York: The Novel, won the David J. Langum, Sr., Prize in American Historical Fiction. It is a solid, clean, readable copy for collectors of Rutherfurd's place-based historical sagas.

Author Profile: Edward Rutherfurd

Edward Rutherfurd is the pen name of Francis Edward Wintle, born in 1948 in Salisbury. He studied at Cambridge and Stanford, and worked in political research, bookselling and publishing before leaving the book trade in 1983 to write his first novel, Sarum.

He is known for long historical novels built around a single place, including Sarum, Russka, London, The Forest and Paris, as well as two Irish novels, The Princes of Ireland and The Rebels of Ireland. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.

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