Model Home: A Novel

MCD / Farrar, Straus & Giroux; New York, 2024. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Assumed first edition and definitely a first printing with a full number line starting with "1". 8-1/2" tall, 286 numbered pages followed by an unnumbered page with the book's iconic "seeing eye" and by a page of "A Note About the Author"; one-piece black binding, electric green lettering on spine, front board is plain; plain ivory end pages; fore edge is trimmed. Book is brand new and nearly pristine: exterior is spotlessly clean, square, hinges tight, no corner bumps or edge dings; head and heel of spine very lightly bumped; hinges very tight and not damaged in any fashion. Interior is spotlessly clean and completely unmarked; pages are tight and clean with no stains; no page corners folded or damaged; hinges quite strong and tight; spine undamaged; no staining or discoloration; no distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving; no remainder mark, not book club edition nor ex-library. Jacket is also brand new and is also nearly pristine: it is clean; no tears, folds, creases or fading; indented letters of title and author on front panel are evident (they have not been crushed); no bumps on edges but head of spine is lightly bumped; publisher's original price of "U.S.A. $28.00 / CANADA $37.00" listed on the upper edge of front flap. Jacket has 2 stickers: on the front panel at the fore edge mid way between the title and the author's name is a 1-1/2" round black-on-white store sticker (a black cat sunning itself on a stack of books labeled 'Left Bank Books / St. Louis' and below that, 'Signature EDITION') and a 1" x 2-1/4" black-on-white store sticker with ISMB, title, price and bar code near the bottom of the rear panel. Neatly and rather legibly signed by the author in very thin black ink felt pen on a specially designed publisher's tipped-in page immediately following the FFEP.…