The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder - 1996

First edition hardcover, with dust jacket. Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1996. From the author of 'Sophie's World', this is the story of a father and son who journey from Norway to Greece, in search of the Wife and Mother who left them many years ago. This is the author's third book, originally published in 1990, published in America in 1996. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. The edges of the text block are clean, the binding is tight and square. Not a remainder, not a library copy. No writing, no former ownership marks. Very light edge wear to the jacket, and alight bump to the top edge of the back board. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory, not a stock photo.