Grady Hendrix Pref (2 results)

Published by Suntup Editions, Irvine, CA 2021
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. [Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2021. First Suntup Artist's Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, in publisher's slipcase; 314pp.; frontispiece. A Fine example. Signed by the illustrator and dust jacket artist on c…olophon in rear. A bestseller upon release, Samson's only novel fell out of print and into relative obscurity after her death from brain cancer shortly after publication, but has seen a bit of a resurgence in recent years with its inclusion in Hendrix's Paperbacks from Hell series from Valancourt and this subsequent Suntup edition. An allegory for fascism landing somewhere between Shirley Jackson and Stephen King, the novel watches a small rural New Hampshire town whose inhabitants slowly lose themselves in their donations when the titular charismatic auctioneer comes to town. Signed.
More imagesPublished by Suntup Editions, [Irvine, CA] 2021
- Signed
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Condition: Near Fine. [Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2021. Limited Edition of 250 copies, of which this is no. 111. Octavo (23.5cm); quarter cloth flatback binding; handmade Indiana Wheatstraw paper boards with foil stamped cover; 314pp; six b&w illustrations by Dave Christensen, with two-page color reproduction of the original…first edition jacket art by Wendell Minor; housed in publisher's slipcase with custom-designed paper covering; publisher's bookmark laid in. Board sturdy and square; binding sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase solid and clean with no splits or bumps. Signed by Warren C. Carberg, Jr., Dave Christensen, Grady Hendrix, and Wendell Minor on colophon at rear. A bestseller upon release, Samson's only novel fell out of print and into relative obscurity after her death from brain cancer shortly after publication, but has seen a bit of a resurgence in recent years with its inclusion in Hendrix's Paperbacks from Hell series from Valancourt and this subsequent Suntup edition. An allegory for facism landing somewhere between Shirley Jackson and Stephen King, the novel watches a small rural New Hampshire town whose inhabitants slowly lose themselves in their donations when the titular charismatic auctioneer comes to town. Signed.