Da
Stacks Abound Books, Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.
Valutazione del venditore 5 su 5 stelle
Venditore AbeBooks dal 11 ottobre 2021
353 pp. Stated first edition, with full number line to "1," indicating first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear. Head and foot of spine and corners and edges of boards gently bumped/rubbed. Foxing to top of text block; small smudge-stain to fore-edge. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Light soiling, spine-fading, and mild wear to dust jacket (see photos); dust jacket is now enclosed in a (removable) protective mylar cover. Codice articolo ABE-1723613234204
Revealing a lively curiosity and sharp, ironic sense of humor, a collection of keen observations, witty analyses, and essays--which includes the acclaimed "A Ticket to the Fair"--exposes the fault lines in today's society. 20,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo. Tour.
Informazioni sull?autore: David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1962 and raised in Illinois, where he was a regionally ranked junior tennis player. He received bachelor of arts degrees in philosophy and English from Amherst College and wrote what would become his first novel, The Broom of the System, as his senior English thesis. He received a masters of fine arts from University of Arizona in 1987 and briefly pursued graduate work in philosophy at Harvard University. His second novel, Infinite Jest, was published in 1996. Wallace taught creative writing at Emerson College, Illinois State University, and Pomona College, and published the story collections Girl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Oblivion, the essay collections A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, and Consider the Lobster. He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Whiting Writers' Award, and was appointed to the Usage Panel for The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. He died in 2008. His last novel, The Pale King, was published in 2011.
Titolo: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: ...
Casa editrice: Little, Brown and Company
Data di pubblicazione: 1997
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good
Edizione: 1st Edition
Da: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition with full number line. Bumping to boards and DJ, msall gouge on front of DJ, minor sunning on spine of DJ. Pages clean and binding sound. Codice articolo mon0000134259
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Laureate Fine Books, Poultney, VT, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Book in a Very Good or Better Dust Jacket, Unclipped ($23.95). Book is moderately shelf worn to extremities, and likewise sunned and soiled. Boards have some soiling and scuffing. Fore edge has some toning. Text is unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Elizabeth Van Itallie designed dust jacket remains vibrant. Moderately shelf wear has caused some wrinkling along extremities. A few dimples are present to front panel as are a few spots of soiling. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi], [2], 3-353pp. Publisher's Blindstamped Blue and Yellow Boards, Red Detailing. Codice articolo 646
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a moderate skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, faint sunning to the spine and head, and faint spotting/ smudging to the head of the text block with a hint to the other edges, and a touch of waving to the fore edge of the rear paste down. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, bright Very Good copy in an unclipped Very Good+ dust jacket, which has a light bump to the head of the spine, more minor wear to the tail of the spine and corners, very faint sunning to the spine, and some mild rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. Codice articolo 107916
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Castle House Books, Sliver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing in bright jacket of this important collection of essays. Book has a remainder stripe on front edge of pages, but appears unread. Bottom front tip is bumped and a touch of shelf wear and rubbing. Fold of front flap is sunned. Still an attractive copy of an increasingly uncommon book. Price intact on jacket. First printing stated with full number line. #F1. Codice articolo 000565
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: First Coast Books, Eatonton, GA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: Like New. First Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing. AS NEW. Minimal wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Minimal wear to the dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! Codice articolo 120122010
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Little Brown, Boston, 1997.FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Pristine. As new. Unread. First Edition, First Printing. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. Codice articolo 2204070004
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 353 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Yellow spine with red and light blue lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$23.95/$31.95 in Canada", has mild shelving wear. Boards have mild bending wear along the spine head/tail, minor creasing on the front tail fore corner, and light discoloration along the head/tail edges. Textblock has foxing along the edges. Signed flat by David Foster Wallace on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1394961. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Codice articolo 1394961
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with signature ending in little drawing and limitation statement (limited to 100) on 1 sheet tipped in. This is #12. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo dn962
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in a Fine jacket. 1st Printing. Signed by Wallace on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo 164416
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Booth Books, Harlan, IA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover first limited edition printing. Fine book in like Dust Jacket with some slight speckling to top text edge. This is #46 of 100 with author's signature on limited edition page. Dust jacket in protective cover and securely shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo ABE-1720393702743
Quantità: 1 disponibili