Straka Abrams Doug Dorst (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Like New, sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap; May show mild wear from handling.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 9.5 x 6.25", AS NEW IN ORIGINAL, UNOPENED SHRINKWRAP.

On the "title page": New York, Winged Shoes Press, 1949 (the real publisher is listed on the slipcase). -- A novel with "original" printing plus printed marginalia, in various colors, icons, "library" markings, as well as various pieces of faked ephemera loosely laid in. Quite an exercise in bookish creativity. -- Hardcover, with slipcase explaining just what this is. Condition: fine, with very good minus slipcase (the sealing label is torn off).

Hardcover in cassette. Imitatie bibliotheekband (als uitgegeven), compleet met toebehoren (briefjes, kaarten, krantenknipsels.). Cassette iets gedeukt, verder zeer goed. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Gray cloth hardcover with modernist illustration and titles on cover and spine in black illustrated slip-case. The seal is broken, but intact. Book is intentionally faux-aged and camouflaged as an ex-library book published in 1949 and heavily annotated with margin notes in the hands two fictitious readers (which forms a separate mystery overlaid on the narrative). This comedic homage to travel literature and pseudo-academic prose will not fail to delight. Contains 24 fictitious "laid-in" items between the pages: post-cards, news clippings, epistles, loose notes, business cards. From the publisher's statement: "The book: Ship of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a strange ship with a monstrous crew and launched onto a disorienting and perilous journey. The writer: Straka, the incendiary and secretive subject of one of the world's greatest mysteries, a revolutionary about whom the world knows nothing apart from the words he wrote and the rumors that swirl around him. The readers: Jennifer and Eric, a college senior and a disgraced grad student, both facing crucial decisions about who they are, who they might become, and how much they're willing to trust another person with their passions, hurts, and fears." Ships fast with tracking.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Facsimile edition. 456p octavoe, illustrated. a very fine copy in gray decorated cloth enclosed in publisher's slipcase. A facsimile of the 1949 printing. Laid in is numerous pieces of ephemera and annotated throughout in facsimile.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - As Published. First Edition. Bound in gray buckram, stamped in black, yellow and white. This book has everything, notes throughout, postcards, letters, faux marginalia and library stamps throughout; obit laid in. A matching slipcase. "the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a strange ship with a monstrous crew and launched onto a disorienting and perilous journey". 456 pp. The book must be seen to be believed. A publishing masterwork. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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".

522 S. Mit zahlreiche (original) Beilagen (Zettel, Briefe, Postkarten etc.). *-*-*-*-*-*- SHIPPING COSTS to other EU-COUNTRIES occasionally may be different than indicated (according to the weight). To OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD they may be different (sometimes less or rarely more, according to the weight). -*-*-*-*-*-* Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1001 OLn., OSchuber; Schuber leicht berieben und mit einer kleinen verkratzten Stelle; Sigel des Schubers geöffnet; Einband leicht berieben, stellenweise etwas nachgedunkelt, mit wenigen leichten, kleinen Flecken und am unteren Kapital leicht gestaucht; sonst in gutem Zustand.

Pp. Condition: Gut. 1. Aufl. XVI, 522 S. ; 25 cm + 22 Beil. Der Pappschuber weist wenige leichte Gebrauchsspuren auf, das Buch befindet sich in einem wirklich sehr guten Zustand ISBN: 9783462047264 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.

522 S. Mit zahlreiche (original) Beilagen (Zettel, Briefe, Postkarten etc.). *-*-*-*-*-*- SHIPPING COSTS to other EU-COUNTRIES occasionally may be different than indicated (according to the weight). To OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD they may be different (sometimes less or rarely more, according to the weight). -*-*-*-*-*-* Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1001 OLn., OSchuber; Schuber leicht berieben und am Fuß des Rückens leicht gestaucht; Sigel des Schubers geöffnet; Einband an einer Ecke etwas berieben; und am unteren Kapital ganz leicht gestaucht; sonst in gutem Zustand.

with original seal intact, pp. 456, 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth, housed in slipcase with gothic initial on upper panel and detailed book description on rear panel, slipcase with a few tiny marks, very good. An intriguing work, first published in New York by Winged Shoes Press in 1949 by the award-winning film-maker, Abrams, and the author of Alive in Necropolis, Dorst, in which a young woman finds a book by a fictional author, annotated with marginal notes by an unknown reader, to which she adds her own, the Calvino-esque layers building to a dramatic climax.

522 S., 8°, Leinenstruktur, im Oschuber, Aus dem amerikanischen Englisch von Tobias Schnettler und Bert Schröder, mit 22 inneliegenden Zugaben wie Briefe, Postkarten, usw., Schuber etwas knitterich, das Buch selber sehr gutes Exemplar, über 1000g.