Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional, first edition, early printing hardcover copy of The Pale King by David Foster Wallace. First Edition stated, April 2011 Little Brown. Fourth Printing with partial number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4.
The book is in Near Fine condition with spotless boards, strong silver title gilt on the spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in 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 a clean front, a few marks on the back and mild edge wear. First state jacket with the $27.99 price on the front flap. Looks great 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.
