Bonfire Of the Vanities
by Wolfe, Tom
The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The book is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City. It focuses on three characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow.Sherman McCoy, a self-appointed 'Master of the Universe,' has a fashionable wife, a Park Avenue apartment, and a Southern mistress. His spectacular fall begins the moment he is involved in a hit-and-run accident in the Bronx. Prosecutors, newspaper hacks, politicians, and clergy close in on him, determined to bring him down. The Bonfire of the Vanities is a caustic satire on the money-feverish Eighties. This exuberant novel cemented Wolfe's reputation as the foremost chronicler of his age.
The novel was originally created as a serial in the style of Charles Dickens' writings, running 27 installments in Rolling Stone starting in 1984. The novel was a bestseller and an incredible success often noted as one of Wolfe’s greatest works.
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The 'true' first edition of Bonfire of the Vanities was published by Franklin Library, under a special arrangement with Farrar Straus Giroux, who published the first trade edition, also in 1987. The Franklin Library edition was limited and released in full purple leather with vibrant gilt lettering and embellishments. All edges gilt, raised bands on spine, silk bookmark, marbled endpapers. 'First Edition Franklin Library' is printed on the title page. The first trade edition published by Farrar Straus Giroux has 'First printing, 1987' on the copyright page. The bottom of the first trade edition dust jacket says 'BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE RIGHT STUFF"
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New York: Farrar - Straus - Giroux. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0374115346 . Stated fifth printing, 1988, of Tom Wolfe's 1987 novel. This is the story of a highly-paid Wall Street investment banker's travails following a late-night auto accident in the Bronx. This work originally ran in serial form in Rolling Stone magazine,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jonathan Cape. Good. 111 x 178mm. Paperback. 1988. 726 pages. Text edge tanned.<br>Sherman McCoy, a young investment banker with a fourteen-room apartment in Manhattan becomes invol ved in a freak accident. Prosecutors, politicians, press, police, clergy, and assorted hustlers close in on him. . Item Price
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1988 0224024396. First edition. First UK hardback edition. Very Good apart from slight wearing to the gilt on the spine. The DW is price-clipped but otherwise Very Good. No inscriptions. Over 6" by 9.5". 659 pages. The famous novel (subsequently filmed with Tom Hanks etc.) which blew the lid on the money men and women of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Farrar Straus & Giroux, NEW York, 1987-1988, 1988. Farrar Straus & Giroux, NEW York, 1987-1988. First Edition, Stated Eleven Printing. Mauve paper over boards, Light blue cloth spine. black and silver lettering. Near Mint/Mint. Vintage Tom Wolfe, the #1 bestseller that will forever define late-twentieth-century New York style. "No one has portrayed New York Society this accurately and… Read more about this item Item Price
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1988 17th printing flatsigned by the author on the ffep, with a label that says "International Place, February 1990" also on ffep . Dampstain rippling near top of page through WHOLE BOOK (not so bad in first part but gets worse as you go towards the back, particularly the last 200 pages), tanning on dj flaps, tiny bit of edgewear,… Read more about this item Item Price
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