Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing paperback copy of The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis. First Vintage Contemporaries [Paperback] Edition stated, 2023 Vintage Contemporaries. First Printing with a complete number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and a $18.95 cover price. Cover design by Evan Gaffney.
The exterior of this trade paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with bright, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with two spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with an erased price 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.
Set against the intensely vivid and nostalgic backdrop of pre-Less Than Zero L.A., The Shards is a mesmerizing fusing of fact and fiction, the real and the imagined, that brilliantly explores the emotional fabric of Bret’s life at seventeen—sex and jealousy, obsession and murderous rage. Gripping, sly, suspenseful, deeply haunting, and often darkly funny, The Shards is Ellis at his inimitable best.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
