Plus (Signed 1st edition) by McElroy, Joseph - 1977

Avalon Publishing, 1987. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf, 11/12/1976 12:00:01. paperback. Good. 0.8000 in x 8.1000 in x 5.3000 in. Paperback. Stated first edition. Some mild rubbing, and some spine creases.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (12.75cm); mauve paper-covered boards and navy blue cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; light blue topstain; dustjacket; [vi],[4],5-215,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Topstain faded, with a faint, tiny scuff to lower front joint; very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $8.95), with mild surface wear and light wear to extremities; Near Fine. An attractive copy of McElroy's fifth novel. "This intricate narrative follows a disembodied consciousness orbiting Earth as part of Project Travel Light, a solar energy experiment in which--we slowly gather--a bed of algae aided by solar "windmills" somehow nourishes a former human brain. The organ has been removed from the diseased body of a project engineer and implanted in an I(nterplanetary) M(onitoring) P(latform), its sensory functions closed down or replaced by equivalent artificial data transmissions.… Read More

New York: Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 394407946 . First edition. The elusive hardcover issue. Fine in fine dust jacket. ; 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"; 215 pages .

Stated First Edition; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the title page. An outstanding copy of this early novel by the award winning and critically acclaimed author of "The Smuggler's Bible" and "Women and Men", among others; this book is scarce in near fine or better condition, in the first edition/first printing, and particularly signed by McElroy. This copy is in near fine condition with only light shelf wear to the ends and edges, and a slight fading to the top exterior text block stain, else fine. Housed in a near fine dust jacket that is clean and crisp with only light age-toning to the flaps and back panel, some very mild rubbing to the spine head and edges, a light crease running along the top of the front panel, and one short closed tear to the top corner of the back panel. A beautiful copy and a must have for the McElroy collector! Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; protected in a mylar cover.