Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges. First Edition unstated, 1991 Poseidon Press. First Printing with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled top spine end, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the second free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with price on the front flap, mild surface and edge wear, and looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Gilbert Grape, a resident of provincial Endora, Iowa, endures the eccentricities of his family and neighbors–including his mother, who is eating herself to death; his Elvis-fanatic sister; his retarded brother; and his married lover.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
