Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing hardcover of Double Fault by Lionel Shriver in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, August 1997 Bantam. First Printing with complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.
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, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an ink stamp of the Library on the title page, paper residue from a removed paper sign-out label and abrasions from dust jacket flaps that are hidden beneath the rescued dust jacket. No other marks, inscriptions, or other Library remains. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear and no remnants of the Library. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Taut as match-point, Double Fault chronicles a marriage imploded by ambition. Just as Richard Yates exposed the dangers of traditional marriage in Revolutionary Road, Lionel Shriver reveals the hazards of a two career relationship. A brilliant novel about the price both men and women pay for prizing achievement over love.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
