Age Wire String by Marcus Ben, First Edition (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Dalkey Archive edition, 1998. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in As New condition. "In THE AGE OF WIRE AND STRING, hailed by Robert Coover as 'the most audacious literary debut in decades,' Ben Marcus welds together a new reality from the scrapheap of the past. Dogs, birds, horses, automobiles, and the weather are some of the recycled elements in Marcus's first collection--part fiction, part handbook--as familiar objects take on markedly unfamiliar meanings. Gradually, this makeshift world, in its defiance of the laws of physics and language, finds a foundation in its own implausibility, as Marcus produces new feelings and sensations--both comic and disturbing--in the definitive guide to an unpredictable yet exhilarating plane of existence." [publisher copy] "This doesn't happen very often. Somebody comes out of left field and blows up literature. In the authoritative tone of the product manual, Ben Marcus describes the operation of an impossible world that, page by page, becomes increasingly plausible and affecting. With the danger of using the degraded language to which this book is the antidote, I'd say THE AGE OF WIRE AND STRING marks the debut of a highly intelligent and exacting literary mind."--Jeffrey Eugenides. "A rare, genius-struck achievement filled with great beauties, high themes, enormous sorrows."--Kirkus Reviews. Pristine paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. Quite presentable.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. interconnected stories and fables;signature personally obtained by bookseller.

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Very Good. Morgan, Catrin (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition of a book originally published by Knopf in the US in 1995. Illustrated boards have slight bumping at the base of the spine and a small crease about two inches above this along with some light surface marking. No jacket as issued. Illustrated by Catrin Morgan. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Tight copy.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 140 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is white with black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$21.00" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Signed flat on title page by Ben Marcus. Shelved Room C. 1404069. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. USG2. This new copy signed by Marcus on the title page. Slight wrinkle on a front free end paper else as New. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. This copy of the Uncorrected Proof in white wraps has been SIGNED on the title page by Ben Marcus! Recipient of a Pushcart Prize and a growing "Cult" favorite. The Age of Wire and String has been called by Kirkus Reviews "A rare, genius-struck achievement.filled with great beauties, high themes, enormous sorrows." DJ praise by Donald Antrim, Robert Coover, Rick Moody and Jeffrey Eugenides. Innovative writing. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover, in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Author's first book. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (1995). First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New/New. A perfect unread copy of the author's first book. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. You cannot find a better copy. 0.0. Signed by Author(s).