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Published by Mulholland Books | Little, Brown, New York, 2013
ISBN 10: 0316201642ISBN 13: 9780316201643
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, seal broken at the opening. Grey cloth, faintly bumped. Square and firmly bound with the laid-in material. An effort between Dorst and Abrams to publish a "story within a story" featuring a library book and the various marginalia and notes left in it throughout the years.
Published by Winged Shores Press, 1949 [Mulholland Books, 2013], 2013
Seller: A Book Preserve, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG gray cloth hardcover with modernist illustration and titles on cover and spine. Faux-aged and camouflaged as an ex-library book published in 1949 and heavily annotated with margin notes in the hands two fictitious readers (which forms a separate mystery overlaid on the narrative). This comedic homage to travel literature and pseudo-academic prose will not fail to delight. Contains 24 fictitiously "laid-in" items between the pages: post-cards, news clippings, epistles, loose notes, business cards. From the publisher's promotional statement: "The book: Ship of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a strange ship with a monstrous crew and launched onto a disorienting and perilous journey. The writer: Straka, the incendiary and secretive subject of one of the world's greatest mysteries, a revolutionary about whom the world knows nothing apart from the words he wrote and the rumors that swirl around him. The readers: Jennifer and Eric, a college senior and a disgraced grad student, both facing crucial decisions about who they are, who they might become, and how much they're willing to trust another person with their passions, hurts, and fears." Ships fast with tracking.
Published by Mulholland Books, 2013
Seller: A Book Preserve, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Faux-aged and camouflaged as an ex-library book published in 1949 and heavily annotated with margin notes in the hands two fictitious readers (which forms a separate mystery overlaid on the narrative). This comedic homage to travel literature and pseudo-academic prose will not fail to delight. Contains 24 fictitiously "laid-in" items between the pages: post-cards, news clippings, epistles, loose notes, business cards. From the publisher's promotional statement: "The book: Ship of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a strange ship with a monstrous crew and launched onto a disorienting and perilous journey. The writer: Straka, the incendiary and secretive subject of one of the world's greatest mysteries, a revolutionary about whom the world knows nothing apart from the words he wrote and the rumors that swirl around him. The readers: Jennifer and Eric, a college senior and a disgraced grad student, both facing crucial decisions about who they are, who they might become, and how much they're willing to trust another person with their passions, hurts, and fears." Near fine in near fine box (seal has been broken but is present). Ships fast with tracking.
Published by Mulholland Books / Melcher Media October 2013, 2013
ISBN 10: 0316201642ISBN 13: 9780316201643
Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Book
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 3rd printing. Octavo inn printed cardstock case. Seal has been opened, though it is difficult to tell whether this has actually been read. One of the stranger concepts of the last few decades and possibly one of the most pretentious This has been manufactured to look like a much used ex-library edition front 1949, when in fact it was published 2013 with all the 'defects' part of the packaging. Includes 22 loose page inserts (letters, photos, postcards, and more) and all 22 seem to be present. Abrams and Dorst collaborate under the pseudonym V.M Straka. Grey cloth with black lettering and yellow and white design. [456 pages].
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Published by Winged Shoes Pfess (2013), New York, 2013
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Facsimile edition. 456p octavoe, illustrated. a very fine copy in gray decorated cloth enclosed in publisher's slipcase. A facsimile of the 1949 printing. Laid in is numerous pieces of ephemera and annotated throughout in facsimile.
Published by Little Brown, Boston, 2013
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - As Published. First Edition. Bound in gray buckram, stamped in black, yellow and white. This book has everything, notes throughout, postcards, letters, faux marginalia and library stamps throughout; obit laid in. A matching slipcase. "the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a strange ship with a monstrous crew and launched onto a disorienting and perilous journey". 456 pp. The book must be seen to be believed. A publishing masterwork. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
On the "title page": New York, Winged Shoes Press, 1949 (the real publisher is listed on the slipcase). -- A novel with "original" printing plus printed marginalia, in various colors, icons, "library" markings, as well as various pieces of faked ephemera loosely laid in. Quite an exercise in bookish creativity. -- Hardcover, with slipcase explaining just what this is. Condition: fine, with very good minus slipcase (the sealing label is torn off).
Published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2015
Seller: Antiquariat an der Linie 3, Darmstadt, Germany
Book
Gr. 8° geb. Pappeinband. Gebundener Pappeinband in Original-Schuber, 24 x 17 cm, SU mit minimalen Lagerspuren, das Siegel geöffnet, der Band selbst in annähernd neuwertigem Zustand, alle Beilagen sind enthalten, damit absolut vollständig. NEIN, dieses Buch ist nicht vollgekritzelt und auch kein Leihexemplar , wie der Stempel auf dem Vorsatz verkündet, und auch die Zettel, Karten, Belege, Notizen etc., die darin liegen, wurden nicht vergessen. Sie sind Teil des raffinierten Gesamtkunstwerks. Verlagstext: Eine junge Studentin findet in der Bibliothek ein Buch, in das ein anderer Student Hunderte von Randbemerkungen gekritzelt hat, offenbar im Bemühen, der wahren Identität des unter Pseudonym schreibenden Autors V. M. Straka auf die Spur zu kommen. Die junge Frau ist fasziniert und ergänzt die Notizen mit eigenen Mutmaßungen. Zwischen den beiden Studenten Jen und Eric entspinnt sich eine lebhafte Unterhaltung, die allein auf den Seiten des Romans »Das Schiff des Theseus« stattfindet. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf die Suche nach dem mysteriösen Autor V. M. Straka. Ein unbekannter Übersetzer hat den Roman herausgegeben und ihn mit teilweise verwirrenden Fußnoten versehen. Doch die beiden finden heraus, dass diese Fußnoten einen geheimen Code ergeben, der ihnen Informationen liefert, die der Straka-Forschung bisher völlig unbekannt waren. Was wie ein Spiel beginnt, wird im Laufe der Zeit bitterer Ernst, denn jemand scheint Interesse daran zu haben, dass die Identität des Autors nicht gelüftet wird. Jen und Eric geraten in gefährliche Verstrickungen, die sie fast das Leben kosten. Ein hochraffiniert komponierter Roman, der zeigt, was ein Buch anrichten kann. In der Literatur und im Leben. Stichworte: Schiff des Theseus, Straka, Buchwesen, Fantasy, Abenteuer 544 S., zahlr. Beilagen Deutsch 1150g.
Published by Mulholland Books, NY, 2013
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Includes all 22 inserts Near fine with slightly bumped corner. Faux ex-library copy traits such as date stamps on rear pastedown and label on spine. Slipcase bumped and rubbed Gray hardcover in black slipcase. 8vo.
Published by Winged Shoes Press, New York, 1949
Seller: White Raven Books, Ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1949 on the title page, actual publication date October 2013 inside the back cover; Gray cloth, black titles, cover illustration, & many inserts (proabably all); A very good copy; 456 pages. Size: 6.25"x9.25".
Published by Köln Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2015
ISBN 10: 3462047264ISBN 13: 9783462047264
Seller: Antiquariat Weinek, Salzburg, Austria
Book
Gorß-Oktav XVI, 522 Seiten Alle 22 Beilagen vorhanden. Im Original-Schuber. Schönes Exemplar. Sprache: deutsch.
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