The Broom of the System.

Wallace, David Foster

Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1987

About this Item

First edition of the author's first book, which had an initial print run of only 1300 copies. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by David Foster Wallace on the title page, "For Michael with all best wishes David Foster Wallace 2-96." Additionally signed by dust jacket illustrator Lon Kirschner three times: on the title page with his initials and an original drawing of his jacket illustration, on the front panel of the dust jacket, and on the rear flap of the dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lon Kirschner. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Unique. Published when the author was just twenty-four years old, The Broom of the System stunned critics and marked the emergence of an extraordinary new talent. "Daring, hilarious. a zany picaresque adventure of contemporary America run amok" (The New York Times).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Broom of the System.
• Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Edition