Lovely first edition copy signed by both Handler and Kalman on the half-title page. Kalman drew an umbrella after her signature, and Handler wrote the word "lost" after his. Please see photo. Book is crisp and bright; FINE in a jacket with smallest hint of rubbing to a short bit of bottom edge of paper, else FINE; no medal sticker and price intact on flap. Please see photos.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Why We Broke Up *Signed 1st

Publisher

Little, Brown & Company, New York

Publication Date

2011

Language

English

ISBN 10

0316127256

ISBN 13

9780316127257

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Kalman, Maira

Edition

First Edition; "1" in Number Line

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

Signed

Signed by Author and Illustrat

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Synopsis

I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened.

Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. Two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a folded note, a box of matches, a protractor, books, a toy truck, a pair of ugly earrings, a comb from a motel room, and every other item collected over the course of a giddy, intimate, heartbreaking relationship. Item after item is illustrated and accounted for, and then the box, like a girlfriend, will be dumped.

About the Author

Daniel Handler has written for grown-ups under his own name and for younger readers under the name Lemony Snicket. He was dumped at least three times in high school.

Maira Kalman, acclaimed artist and designer, has created many books for both grown-ups and children. Her heart was broken in high school by a boy who looked like Bob Dylan.

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