Description
For sale is an exceptional First hardcover Edition, First Printing of The Friend by Sigrid Nunez in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 2018 Riverhead. 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, no spine tilt, lightly rounded spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with price on the front flap, and mild surface wear. First state cover without the NBA imprint. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
