Description
For sale: a rare Signed first hardcover edition, first printing of This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow. First Edition unstated, 1986 Henry Holt. First printing with complete number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Near 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 strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the author’s signature on the title page following a one-word inscription “Peace” and no other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The first end paper has two dashes from a marker and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and the price on the front flap. Looks great in a new archival wrap.
In 1995, an ordinary tombstone engraver named George Paxton signs a document to obtain something for his daughter and finds himself implicated in the start of World War III
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