Fan Man, The – William Kotzwinkle
NF Paperback Later print

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, later printing paperback copy of The Fan Man by William Kotzwinkle. First Vintage Contemporaries Edition stated, July 1994. Third Printing with incomplete number line reversed, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3.

The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, mild  surface wear, strong title on a cracked spine, clean page blocks, a tight binding with a gently read crease, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge and corner wear. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other 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 indestructible cult classic starring Horse Badorties, legendary founder of Dorky Day, begins…

I am all alone in my pad, man, my piled-up-to-the-ceiling-with-junk pad. Piled with sheet music, with piles of garbage bags bursting with rubbish and encrusted frying pans piled on the floor, embedded with unnameable flecks of putrefied wretchedness in grease. My pad, man, my own little Lower East Side Horse Badorties pad.

Ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.