McSweeney's Issue 24
by Eggers, Dave
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0241143926
- ISBN 13
- 9780241143926
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Hamish Hamilton Ltd. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0241143926 . Only slight wear to cloth covered boards ; Dark blue and black imprinted design on cloth covered boards. The book's unique binding divides the book in half in a 'z' with 2 spines and 2 front boards. Pasted onto the back of the front free end paper is a booklet featuring a story by Milton Kaufman, excerpted from a future book. For obvious reasons the binding could never have a dust jacket. ; 8.35 X 6.54 X 1.18 inches; 320 pages; A collection of short fiction from such authors as: Christopher Howard, Joe Meno Jonathan Ames, Aaron Gwynn, Philippe Soupault and Eric Hanson. The reverse side of the book is devoted entirely as a tribute to Donald Barthelme "including remembrances from Ann Beattie, David Gates, and Oscar Hijuelos, and some of Barthelmes barely published and never-collected early work" .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18114
- Title
- McSweeney's Issue 24
- Author
- Eggers, Dave
- Illustrator
- Decorative endpapers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0241143926
- ISBN 13
- 9780241143926
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- 0241143926, donald barthelme, Short Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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