The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip (Signed First Edition)
George Saunders (author); Lane Smith (illustrator)
Language: English
Published by Villard (New York), 2000
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
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Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.Dan Pope Books
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Villard, New York, 2000. True First edition. First printing. A pristine unread copy (without marks or bruises or smells or any other defect). Comes with archival-quality dust jacket cover (not clipped, of course). Shipped in well-padded box. Purchased new, never opened. No inscriptions. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR on a special bookplate, designed for this book, affixed to front fly leaf. Saunders' second book. You cannot find a better copy. A later hardcover was published by Random House. Signed-Fiction.
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- Title
- The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip (Signed First Edition)
- Author
- George Saunders (author); Lane Smith (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Villard (New York)
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0375503838
- ISBN 13
- 9780375503832
- Illustrator
- Lane Smith
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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About the Author
George Saunders is the author of two short-story collections, Pastoralia and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, a finalist for the 1996 PEN/Heming-way Award. His work has received two National Magazine Awards and three times been included in O. Henry Awards collections. In 1999 he was chosen by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers age forty and under. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.
About the Illustrator
Lane Smith has illustrated several number-one national bestsellers, including The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, The Stinky Cheese Man, Dr. Seuss's Hooray for Diffendoofer Day, and James and the Giant Peach. Smith has twice won The
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Dan Pope Books
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