Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong. First Edition unstated, 2025 Penguin. First Printing with complete number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1.
The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper and no other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with a partial crease on the front and the price on the front flap. L
Following the cycles of history, memory, and time, The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life. At its heart is a brave epic about what it means to exist on the fringes of society and to reckon with the wounds that haunt our collective soul. Hallmarks of Ocean Vuong’s writing—formal innovation, syntactic dexterity, and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness—are on full display in this story of loss, hope, and how far we would go to possess one of life’s most fleeting mercies: a second chance.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
