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A BOX OF MATCHES
by Baker, Nicholson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375502874
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502873
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Baker's sixth novel, the first since his excursion into non-fiction, "Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper," won the National Book Critics Circle Award, is reminiscent of his early fiction -- "Room Temperature" and "The Mezzanine." It features Emmett, a man in his forties with a wife, two children, a cat and a duck, who gets up most mornings between 4 and 5 a.m., lights a fire in the living room fireplace with a single match, and thinks about the ordinary things in his life in an extraordinary way. Inscribed and Signed by Baker on the title page. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket shows some light rubbing, no tears, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. A very collectable copy.
Synopsis
Emmett has a wife and two children, a cat, and a duck, and he wants to know what life is about. Every day he gets up before dawn, makes a cup of coffee in the dark, lights a fire with one wooden match, and thinks.What Emmett thinks about is the subject of this wise and closely observed novel, which covers vast distances while moving no farther than Emmett's hearth and home. Nicholson Baker's extraordinary ability to describe and celebrate life in all its rich ordinariness has never been so beautifully achieved.Baker won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper. He now returns to fiction with this lovely book, reminiscent of the early novels--Room Temperature and The Mezzanine--that established his reputation.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004404
- Title
- A BOX OF MATCHES
- Author
- Baker, Nicholson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0375502874
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502873
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, LITERATURE, VOX,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Novel; Fine Literature; Signed/Inscribed;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Rubbing
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- Title Page
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- Tight
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- Fine
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