Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Pessimists by Bethany Ball in a new archival wrap.
The book is in Near Fine condition with bright boards, strong silver title gilt on the straight spine, a few light marks on the top page block, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in 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 price intact and mild surface wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
With deep wit and delicious incisiveness, in The Pessimists, Bethany Ball peels back the veneer of upper-class white suburbia to expose the destructive consequences of unchecked privilege and moral apathy in a world that is rapidly evolving without them. This is a superbly drawn portrait of a community, and its couples, torn apart by unmet desires, duplicity, hypocrisy, and dangerous levels of discontent.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
