Description
For sale is an exceptional First hardcover Edition, First Printing of Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 1987 Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Little Brown. First Printing 1987, stated.
The book is in Very Good condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, lightly foxed page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with price on the front flap, and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Sherman McCoy, investment banker with an apartment in Manhattan has a freak accident, while Bronx prosecutors, politicians, press, police, clergy and assorted hustlers, high and low, close in on him as racial and ethnic hostilities are burning to grab Wall street.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.