William Gibson; Bruce Sterling — The Difference Engine

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this alternative history novel written by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. First edition. An alternative history novel regarded as a key work in the establishment of the subgenre of steampunk. In a Victorian era Britain, diverging from our timeline around 1824, great technological and social change has occurred after inventor Charles Babbage succeeded in building a mechanical computer. He becomes politically powerful and successfully opposes the Tory government of the Duke of Wellington. Written by William Gibson, an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist credited with pioneering subgenre cyberpunk, and Bruce Sterling, an American science fiction author known for his editorship of the Mirrorshades anthology. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.