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Published by New York: Riverhead Books, 2008. dj, 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. An exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America as only Vowell can write it. 251 pp. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (name on front endpaper, inconspicuous slit to dj).
Published by New York: Riverhead Books, (2008.), 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition - Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) His third book, an historical novel of slavery set in the years just before the Civil War and inspired by the life of Harriet Tubman - a story of "slaves and slave-catchers, of facing the tyranny of the past and dreams of the future." In 2013, McBride won the National BookAward. 353 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new).
Published by New York City, NY: Riverhead Books, 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 1594489882ISBN 13: 9781594489884
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 294 pages. Published in 2008. The author's second novel. One of Aleksandar Hemon's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Aleksandar Hemon's "The Lazarus Project". His remarkable conflation of Past and Present, fact and fiction. As such, the novel is brilliantly interspersed with archival photographs from the Chicago Historical Society and contemporary images by Velibor Bozovic, mirroring the photographs that one of the characters, a war photographer named Rora (pronounced like "war"), always carries with him. "Hemon is as much a writer of the senses as of the intellect. He can be very funny: The novel is full of jokes and linguistic riffs that justify comparisons to Nabokov. Beauty and violence, in Hemon's universe, are far from mutually exclusive. Indeed, he seems determined not to let his readers escape the experience of war as a personal affront and a personal transformation" (David Leavitt). "She would one day die, and so would Rora, and so would I. They were me. We lived the same life: We would vanish into the same death. We were like everybody else, because there was nobody like us" (Aleksandar Hemon). An absolute "must-have" title for Aleksandar Hemon collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and dated (shortly after publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "11/02/08 Aleksandar Hemon". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It also comes with a copy of the elongated Souvenir Program, "The Chicago Heartland Prize", which was awarded to Hemon for "The Lazarus Project" and to Garry Wills for "What The Gospels Meant" on November 2, 2008. The Program is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the cover by both prize-winning authors. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and post-publication dated copy (with Signed Souvenir Material) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed set thus. Finalist of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2002 for "Nowhere Man". Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2004. Finalist of the National Book Award in 2008 for "The Lazarus Project". One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALEKSANDAR HEMON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1594489882. Signed by Author.
Published by New York: Riverhead Books, (2008.) dj, 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. The author's truly unique first novel - not quite a horror story, nor just a mystery story or an offbeat police procedural. Set in Colma, California - the only incorporated city in America where the dead outnumber the living. The longtime cemetery for San Francisco, it is the resting place of the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Wyatt Earp, and aviation pioneer Lincoln Beachey." Winner of the 2009 Emperor Norton award and shortlisted for the Pen-Faulkner. Selected by San Francisco Reads for the "One City, One Book" program. SIGNED on the title page. 437 pp Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.).
Published by New York: Riverhead Books (Penguin), (2008.) dj, 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. A very personal memoir that explores the significance of the very old term acedia, or soul-weariness, or just unable to care - and explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Bibliography. 334 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.).