Description
For sale is a Near Fine first paperback edition, early printing of The Beach by Alex Garland. First Edition unstated, 1997 Riverhead. Eleventh printing with a partial number line 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11.
The exterior of the paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, mild surface wear, strong title graphic on a straight spine, clean page blocks, a tight binding with no spine cracks, rubbed spine edges and ends, moderate edge wear and rounded corners. The interior of the book is Near Fine, with no marks, inscriptions, or any other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned. Appears unread.
Spellbinding and hallucinogenic, The Beach by Alex Garland — both a national bestseller and his debut — is a highly accomplished and suspenseful novel that fixates on a generation in their twenties, who long for an unruined landscape, but find it difficult to experience the world firsthand.
Don’t miss the opportunity to own this Very Good first edition, first paperback printing of this highly acclaimed book. S
