Idea Fun Cautionary Tale: First Edition (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. First Edition (stated)/ First printing (with full number line including the "1"). Book is clean, unmarked, tight and square. Jacket is clean (jacket only, no wrap around review band) with only minimal shelf wear else fully intact, bright and clean with no markings or tears. A solid, unread copy over all.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. Minor wear on the covers, corners, and the edges. Like shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Minor corner bumping. Light edge wear to the dust jacket. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy that appears to be unread.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dj. has some shelfwear, back lower edge crinkled near spine. A half band dj. on dj. Fine interior, 309 clean, tight pages. Unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Signed by author. Book and dust jacket show signs of shelf wear. Corners bumped. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF / NF. Numbering sequence denotes 1st Printing of the 1994 stated 1st US Edition. Book is straight, square, tightly and evenly bound and free of gutter creasing, markings and blemishes. Cover is clean and bright, with gently bumped lower corners and head, sharp top corners and joints, straight tail, spine, hinges and edges, and bldly legible, crisply distinct lettering and design. Dust Jacket is unclipped (reflecting original USD $21 price and 0494 date), with mild chipping along edges of band containing "The Evening Standard" satirical review pasted to flaps the only discernible flaw. (Please see Seller images.) ISBN 0871135655. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping; please contact ShiroBooks PRIOR TO ORDERING if more information, details or photos are needed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in a fine mylar protected DJ. See my photos (more available upon request). All books are in my possession and are packed securely in cardboard boxes. #B160.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. First American Edition. First Edition Review Copy with The Evening Standard paper band around DJ. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ in very nice condition with protective mylar cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 309 pages; Lit.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 309 pages. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 309 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. As new. First Edition, First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book is remainder marked. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart protective cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Includes promotional red band with review from The Evening Standard. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Will Self to the title page. Book and DJ are in very good condition. DJ has not been price-clipped and book has no other marks/inscriptions. Book has been read and is a little browned with age, but excellent overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1ST. A Nice Reading Copy - Book Is In Very Good + Condition. Boards Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Fore Edges Have A Small Amount Of Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good + Condition. Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear/Rub. Tiniest Bit Of Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First US Edition; First Printing. Remainder mark.; Simply signed on the title page by Will Self. Full number line. Includes wrap-around band with Evening Standard Review.; Remainder; 309 pages; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First U.S. edition, advance reader's edition (uncorrected advance proof). Glossy, printed wraps; 9 x 6 inches, 309 pp. Fine (unread). Publisher's letter laid in. The English author's first novel, preceded by his short-story collection, The Quantity Theory of Insanity, and novellas, Cock & Bull. From Wikipedia: "William Woodard "Will" Self (born 26 September 1961) is an English author, journalist and television personality. He is perhaps best known for being caught taking heroin on John Major's campaign plane whilst covering the 1997 general election for The Observer. Self is the author of nine novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and five collections of non-fiction writing, of which his novel Umbrella was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His fictional style is known for being satirical, grotesque, and fantastical, and is predominantly set within London. His fiction often deals with such themes as mental illness, illegal drugs and psychiatry. Self's regular columns for Building Design on the built environment, and for the Independent Magazine on the psychology of place brought him to prominence as a thinker concerned with the politics of urbanity. Self is a regular contributor to publications including Playboy, Harpers, The New York Times and the London Review of Books. He currently writes two fortnightly columns for New Statesman, and over the years he has been a columnist for The Observer, The Times and the Evening Standard. He is a regular contributor on British television, initially as a guest on comic panel shows such as Have I Got News For You and Shooting Stars, but latterly appearing on serious political programmes such as Newsnight and Question Time. He is also a frequent contributor to BBC Radio 4."(3214015).…

Hardcover. First Edition. Fine first edition. Bloomsbury (London) , hardback, stated: First published 1993, complete number line, [ first edition ], Fine/Fine dust jacket. DJ price intact. 309 pages, unmarked. FICTION; H0726 S Fic.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. Ian Wharton is a rather sad, lonely boy, growing up in a small town in Sussex, dominated by his over-sexual mother. He becomes the familiar of Samuel Northcliffe, a ridiculously obese caravan dweller and neighbour who intimidates and enchants Ian into a Faustian pact. Fine, f first edition, first printingne, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-mared or price-clipped} MLBS1.…

Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; 309 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. SIGNED first edition, with dust jacket. In unread conditon. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. Octavo, 309 pages, clothbacked boards; with red wraparound band at top of dj ( note: it was attached by the publisher with spots of adhesive: it has a short tear on the rear - likely where somebody tried to remove the band, and repaired it with cellophane tape on the top). Signed on the title-page. Author's first novel. DJ blurbs by Nobel Prize for Fiction winners Salman Rushdie and Doris Lessing; and also by Martin Amis. Provenance: a relative to the author by marriage.…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine unread first edition/first printing hardback signed by author on title page. Free of owner's marks with very tight binding. Shelfwear consists of a few faint smudges outside textblock. Else negligible. Dust jacket near fine in protective archival sleeve. signed by author or artist.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 309 Page's. Personal inscription to front free end paper. Head of book block slightly spotted else a Very good copy in like-wise Very good dust-wrapper. Free from any mark's, book-plate's, under-lining, etc. The Dust-wrapper ($21) has NOT been price clipped. No sunning to any part of the book. (Not left in sunlight to fade).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed and dated by author on Title page in black pen, "For Barlo- Los Angeles 1994 Will Self" First edition stated with complete number line. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; subtle soiling to edges with two letters and small doodle in ink to rear free end page else text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($21.00) with red wrap around band has slight rubbing with minor bumping along top edges. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Slightly bowed with soiling on the rear board else about near fine in a very good dust jacket with faint dampstaining, edgewear and toning. Signed by the author. Author's first book.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible; Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards, spine, endpages and gilt/lettering are pristine. The pages are clean, having no markings or folds. The dustjackete is bright, and AS NEW. Brodart protected. No remainder mark. Not ex-lib. Author's third book, first novel.…

Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, 309 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is red with black print. Dust jacket has tape residue on rear flap. Price unclipped: "$21". Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and grey cloth to boards. Light wear to spine caps. Inscribed twice in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1375542. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Slightly bowed with some soiling else about near fine in a very good dustwrapper with edgewear and toning. Signed by the author. Author's first book.