This comic and surreal novel about the beastliness and pain in the world focuses on the stories of assorted young American misfits, reactionaries and revolutionaries, young lovers, and raging old tyrants
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William T. Vollmann is the author of ten novels, including Europe Central, which won the National Book Award. He has also written four collections of stories, including The Atlas, which won the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction, a memoir, and six works of nonfiction, including Rising Up and Rising Down and Imperial, both of which were finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers Award and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His journalism and fiction have been published in The New Yorker, Harpers, Esquire, Granta, and many other publications.
This comic and surreal novel about the beastliness and pain in the world focuses on the stories of assorted young American misfits, reactionaries and revolutionaries, young lovers, and raging old tyrants.
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Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition 1st printing - minor stain to page edge - otherwise dust jacket like new (now in mylar cover) cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy. Seller Inventory # N9-LS6G-1AWA
Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible; Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine gilt. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is As New. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark. Seller Inventory # 002211
Seller: Maxwell's House of Books, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A beautiful, crisp, tight hardcover in very good condition; faint bit of foxing to lower portion of front edge of textblock; tiny pin head stain to lower edge of textblock. Dust jacket in near fine condition and in protective mylar cover. Signed on title page. Photos available upon request. We are a brick-and-mortar store and sell our own inventory. Seller Inventory # 067571
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 8950227-6
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. probable review copy. stamped not for resale on bottom page edges. foxing on pages. o/w handsome copy. author's first book. Seller Inventory # 017959
Seller: Tahoma Tales, Ashford, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Atheneum, New York, 1987. Hardcover Near fine (would be fine if not for the partially whited out "not for resale" on outside page edges and the same stamp on the title). I bought it a few years ago. I guess it's kinda like the tag on furniture that threatens " DO NOT REMOVE UNDER PENALTY OF LAW". The DJ is near fine, unclipped condition. This is the 1st edition 1st printing. Flat signed on the title page by Vollmann. Photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1586129406906
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-068911852X
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First American Edition. SIGNED by William T. Vollmann on the title page. Near fine in a fine dj. (Foxing at fore & bottom edges) Author's FIRST book. (B). Seller Inventory # 13203