Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Operation Wandering Soul by Richard Powers. First Edition stated, 1993 Wm. Morrow. First Printing with full number line, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Very Rare!
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 rolled spine ends, moderate edge wear, and lightly bumped corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price and a few spots 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 dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear. First state jacket with the $23.00 price on the front flap. L
This is a story about imagination and memory combining to create an alternative to the hopelessness of Here. At once a social indictment and an intensely emotional account of intimate need, Operation Wandering Soul asks how we might yet delay our bedtime story’s rapidly approaching ending and keep alive a little longer the vanishing narrative of childhood.
Ships promptly in clasp envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
