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S. - (Ship Of Theseus)
by J.J. Abrams; Doug Dorst
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0857864777
- ISBN 13
- 9780857864772
- Seller
-
Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Canongate Books, 2013 I opened this extraordinary book to make certain it was a first edition; what I did not realise was it is a truly fascinating and unique book imagined by J.J. Abrams and written by Doug Dorst. It is not only a straightforward work of fiction. It is doubly so! It is made to look as if it was published in 1949, and among other mysteries it is also faked up as a library book - from a fictitious library of course! Thus there are many deceptions going on. One is the annotations within the text; remarks and clarifications, as if handwritten. And then, most unusually, there are many inserts loosely laid in throughout the book. Postcards, letters, bills even a compass. The text paper is faked to look old. There are library stamps and some slight foxing, all of it faked! This book can be read as a novel. It can also be read as an annot=ated work in progress. J. J. Abrams and Doug Dorst have an obvious fascination with the written word, and of the history of a world of books. A stunning and very original production.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. As New.
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- Bookseller
- the booksniffer (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1642162474053
- Title
- S. - (Ship Of Theseus)
- Author
- J.J. Abrams; Doug Dorst
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0857864777
- ISBN 13
- 9780857864772
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 2013
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex
About the booksniffer
Modern First Editions, signed where possible, adult and young adult, illustrated books, Antiquarian. And, apart from the book selling, I am a writer and painter. Look at my stuff online at peterkettle.com and buy my prize winning novel, The Driftwood Giraffe on kindle.
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