Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem. First Ecco Edition stated, 2020 Ecco. First Printing with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and one lightly bumped corner. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the author’s signature on the front limitation page with no inscription. No other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Fine condition with mild surface wear and moderate to heavy edge wear. First state jacket with price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Before the Arrest, Sandy Duplessis had a reasonably good life as a screenwriter in L.A. An old college friend and writing partner, the charismatic and malicious Peter Todbaum, had become one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. That didn’t hurt.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
