Description
For sale: an near fine first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Luck by Alice Sebold. First Edition unstated, 1999 Scribner. First Printing with full number line.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on straight spine, a few smudges on top page block, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or any other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is also in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, making it a stunning example of this highly sought-after first edition.
In a memoir hailed for its searing candor, as well as its wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What ultimately propels this chronicle of sexual assault and its aftermath is Sebold’s indomitable spirit, as she fights to secure her rapist’s arrest and conviction and comes to terms with a relationship to the world that has forever changed. With over a million copies in print, Lucky has touched the lives of a generation of readers. Sebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims and imparts a wisdom profoundly hard-won: “You save yourself or you remain unsaved,” and her story remains as urgent as it was when it was first published more than twenty years ago.
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
