Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional signed first hardcover edition, first printing of The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 2008 Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First Printing with complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, clean page blocks, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and two bumped corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the author’s signature on the title page with a felt pen and some bleed-through on the copyright page. No other 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 mild surface wear, heavy edge wear and the price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Set in a climate of fear and repression—political, sexual, and racial—The Story of a Marriage portrays three people trapped by the confines of their era, and the desperate measures they are prepared to take to escape it. Lyrical and surprising, The Story of a Marriage looks back at a period that we tend to misremember as one of innocence and simplicity.
Ships promptly in manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.