Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first paperback edition, later printing hardcover copy of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance.
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, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with two names on the first free end paper and no other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and the $27.99 price on the rear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
A deeply moving memoir, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.