Description
For sale: a Very Rare and Exceptional first edition, early printing hardcover copy of Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. First Edition unstated, 1999 Houghton Mifflin. Third Printing with partial number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, , mild edge wear, and rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also 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 the price on the front flap, mild surface wear and moderate to heavy edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This stunning debut collection flawlessly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.
With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
