Description:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with no other printings listed. Signed by Tom Hanks on the title page. The book is tight with solid hinges and clean boards. Light crease to the spine head and front top corner has a hint of curve. The textblock has a very faint ¼" circular discoloration to the top of the title page, else clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. B&W matte photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($29.95) with a faint wear spine head Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 403 pages. 5½ x 8¼" tall.Tom Hanks maintains a collection of over 250 typewriters, and has said in interviews that he always travels with at least two. It is unsurprising that his first published collection of fiction is united by typewriters playing major and minor roles, from the fantastic imagination of two children playing astronauts to poignant tales of nostalgia.
