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BEST BOY
by Gottlieb, Eli
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 1631490478
- ISBN 13
- 9781631490477
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed special first printing of this story of an autistic man in a care community whose life is turned upside down by an annoying new roommate and a menacing staffer who resembles his abusive father - issued with slipcase as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a signed and slipcased recent release, as well as one of more promotional titles (usually ARCs or like, but sometimes, advance excerpts). 9.25'' x 6''. Original brown and green boards. Original unclipped ($24.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 248 pages. With original INDIESPENSABLE booklet. Signed by Gottlieb to title page. In original green slipcase. Sharp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49697
- Title
- BEST BOY
- Author
- Gottlieb, Eli
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1631490478
- ISBN 13
- 9781631490477
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- 21st century,US American,Post-WWII,Limited Edition
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
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