This Shape We're In
Lethem, Jonathan
ISBN 10: 0970335520 ISBN 13: 9780970335524
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SIGNED FIRST EDITION - Flat signed by author on title page. Like new hardback and jacket! Jacket is in clear protective cover. Text is clean, unmarked. First edition, 1st printing. Full number line ending in "1". (Shelf location: A3) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof mailers and then boxed to prevent damage during transit. Seller Inventory # 079646
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Lethem, author of the bestselling Motherless Brooklyn , returns in concentrated form - packing twice the adventure into one-eighth the pages. This book could be some kind of allegory book, but it might not be an allegory book at all. It involves people and drinking and people looking for a giant eye. It is among the best things Mr. Lethem has written.
About the Author: Jonathan Lethem is the author of six novels, including the bestsellers The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. He lives in Brooklyn and Maine.
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Title: This Shape We're In
Publisher: McSweeney's
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 0970335520 First edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Not inscribed, price clipped or otherwise marked. Securely wrapped, dust jacket in protective cover and shipped in a box. Full # line starting with a 1. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # SKU1011390
This Shape We're In
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Lethem to title page. Light wear to edges of jacket. A few tiny scuff marks to front and small bit of fraying to top of spine. Very light rubbing/bumping to corners of boards. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1760474307992
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THIS SHAPE WE'RE IN
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First printing. 8vo. Black cloth, with gilt spine and front cover lettering. 55 pages. SIGNED by Johathan Lethem on the title page. No other names or marks. In illustrated dust-jacket (with price intact) designed by Elizabeth Kairys, with art work by Chester Brown. A bright, as new copy, signed by Jonathan Lethem, in dust-jacket. Seller Inventory # 7158
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Simply signed on the title page by Jonathan Lethem. Full number line. ; 55 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 30701
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This Shape We're In
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 2001 Hard Cover. 55 pp. "Lethem, author of the bestselling Motherless Brooklyn, returns in concentrated form - packing twice the adventure into one-eighth the pages. This book could be some kind of allegory book, but it might not be an allegory book at all. It involves people and drinking and people looking for a giant eye. It is among the best things Mr. Lethem has written. Signed by author. Seller Inventory # 2303987
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED. Dark green cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. 55 pp. 1st ptg., complete number line. Signed by author on main title, no inscription or date. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 048352
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Signed on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 92
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF. First edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page. 55 pp. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 17129
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THIS SHAPE WE'RE IN - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Jonathan Lethem - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE
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Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 55 pages. Published in 2001. The author's debut novella. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jonathan Lethem's "This Shape We're In". Indisputably, one of the best books published so far by Dave Eggers and McSweeney's Books project, in a brilliant production by Chester Brown. Lethem's fascination with literature itself and its various genres, whether science fiction, the detective thriller or the autobiographical novel, enhances rather than detracts from his ultimate goal: The playful but genuine meditation on contemporary life. He tells a tale by using the poetry and glory of the English language, with often inspired and always interesting results. An absolute "must-have" title for Jonathan Lethem collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Jonathan Lethem. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. His signature virtually fills up the page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Crawford Award for Best Fantasy Novel and the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 1994 for "Gun, With Occasional Music". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1999 for "Motherless Brooklyn". Selected as one of the "Best Books of The Year" by the New York Times in 2003 for "Fortress of Solitude". Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2005. One of the most brilliant new voices in American literature. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JONATHAN LETHEM TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0970335520. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 7633
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un-read un-opened as new copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 034515