s. by J.J. Abrams - 2013

Mulholland Books, 2013-01-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

New York: Canongate Books, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition and printing. A pretend facsimile ex-library book, with icons, "library" markings, and filled with inserts of memorabilia, plus a compass wheel. In fine brown/grey cloth boards with yellow and white pattern and outline in black and white of a ship. The boards are very straight, firm and clean and almost as new. Unmarked end papers and cut edges. The text block is in fine condition and looks unused.. The pages are tight, flat and clean. Fine condition. The pages have the illusion of tanned edges. No dedications etc. In black slip case - the seal on the fore page is present but broken.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; J.J. Abrams and acclaimed novelist Doug Dorst create a reading experience like no other in this dazzling novel of love and mystery

Hardback. New. J.J. Abrams and acclaimed novelist Doug Dorst create a reading experience like no other in this dazzling novel of love and mystery

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd, 2013. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Unopened brand new copy. Unknown Printing.

2016-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in.

Canongate Books, 2013 I opened this extraordinary book to make certain it was a first edition; what I did not realise was it is a truly fascinating and unique book imagined by J.J. Abrams and written by Doug Dorst. It is not only a straightforward work of fiction. It is doubly so! It is made to look as if it was published in 1949, and among other mysteries it is also faked up as a library book - from a fictitious library of course! Thus there are many deceptions going on. One is the annotations within the text; remarks and clarifications, as if handwritten. And then, most unusually, there are many inserts loosely laid in throughout the book. Postcards, letters, bills even a compass. The text paper is faked to look old. There are library stamps and some slight foxing, all of it faked! This book can be read as a novel. It can also be read as an annot=ated work in progress. J. J. Abrams and Doug Dorst have an obvious fascination with the written word, and of the history of a world of books. A stunning… Read More