House of Leaves (Signed)

DANIELEWSKI, Mark Z.

ISBN 10: 0375410341 / ISBN 13: 9780375410345

Published by Pantheon Books, New York, 2000

Octavo. 7.25 x 9.5 in. xxiii, 709 pp. Near fine in original pictorial paper-covered boards with very minor bumping to spinal extremities and a fine pictorial dust jacket. Signed on the first blank by Danielewski with his trademark "Z" in blue ink. A stated first edition with a full number line, despite its demarcation as a 2nd edition on the title page due to being originally serialized on the internet. This is the "2-color" first edition, first printing of the physical book with the ISBN 0375410341. Seller Inventory # 7801

Synopsis:

Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children.

Now, for the first time, this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and newly added second and third appendices.

The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.

Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author: Mark Z. Danielewski was born in 1966. House of Leaves is his first novel.

Bibliographic Details

Title: House of Leaves (Signed)
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.