Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional, first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Pale King by David Foster Wallace. First Edition stated, April 2011 Little Brown. First Printing with full number line reversed, 10-1
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean boards, strong silver title gilt on the spine, some smudges on the 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 or inscriptions. 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 light soiling, moderate edge wear and the price intact on the front flap. Looks attractive in a new Brodart archival wrap.
The Pale King remained unfinished at the time of David Foster Wallace’s death, but it is a deeply compelling and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as original as anything Wallace ever undertook. It grapples directly with ultimate questions — questions of life’s meaning and of the value of work and society — through characters imagined with the interior force and generosity that were Wallace’s unique gifts. Along the way it suggests a new idea of heroism and commands infinite respect for one of the most daring writers of our time.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
