Abrams Doug Dorst F X Caldeira (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A very good Grey cloth hardcover with black lettering and yellow decoration, in a slip case with silver titles and illustration to the back strip. 470 pages. This fascinating Purportedly written in 1949 by V. M. Straka, it is in fact a book written in 2013 by J. J. Abrams and Doug Dorst as an exercise in book creativity. The supposedly library book with its mysterious author is traded between two students, Eric and Jennifer, as they try and find out who the author really is. Included are the following ephemera: 5 hand written letters; 2 facsimile telegrams; 8 cards, postcards and photos; 1 handwritten card with newspaper obituary; Notes on Pollard State University notepaper; 2 photocopied letters; 1 extract from the Toronto Review; 2 facsimile newspaper extracts; 1 map on serviette; 1 circular compass device. The students have written copious notes in the margins. Supposedly published in 1949 as ex library including borrowing record to the rear paste-down. The book has been artificially aged with toning and foxing to promote authenticity. Some feint creasing on the back of the slip case. Contents clean, tight and bright. A very nice copy. Book.

Grey hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (More images available on request). VG : in very good condition with slipcase. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xiv, 456pp. The twenty-two inserts of ephemera designed to accompany this edition are all present.

Condition: As New. Hbk, royal 8vo, 470pp, embossed grey cloth with black and silver-gilt titles and yellow ornament, an experimental book purportedly written in 1949 by V. M. Straka, allegedly ex-library book (with a facsimile borrowing record on the rear paste-down) filled with ephemera as students ÒEric and JenniferÓ attempt to discover the identity of the author, laid in are 5 hand written letters, 2 facsimile telegrams, 8 cards, postcards and photos, 1 handwritten card with newspaper obituary, notes on Pollard State University notepaper; 2 photocopied letters, 12 facsimile newspaper extracts, 1 map on paper napkin, 1 circular compass device and the ÒstudentsÕÓ extensive annotations in the margins, pages and inserts have been artificially toned and foxed, slipcase worn and creased to further mimic age, a fine, clean, tight and unmarked copy of this inventive trope on books and academic research.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1949 on the title page, actual publication date October 2013 inside the back cover; Gray cloth, black titles, cover illustration, & many inserts (proabably all); A very good copy; 456 pages. Size: 6.25"x9.25".