Search Results: infinite jest by david foster wallace

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Signed in the month of publication to fellow novelist First edition, first printing, signed by the author and dated February 1996 to title page (the month of publication); the copy of Wallace's fellow author Bradford Morrow, with his ownership signature to front free endpaper. A superb association copy between two leading experimental novelists, in excellent condition and in the first state jacket, of Wallace's post-modernist magnum opus.Loosely inserted is an invitation flyer to the novel's debut, where it can be presumed the novel was signed. Octavo. Original blue quarter cloth, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket (first state with Vollmann misspelled as "Vollman" on the rear panel). Slight spotting to edges else fine, in jacket with hint of creasing at spine panel ends else fine.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Near Fine with toning to top and bottom board edges, bumped corners, light soiling to front cover and stain to bottom of textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with William T. Vollmann's name misspelled. A lovely copy of the late author's magnum opus and post-modern masterpiece.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Near Fine with light soiling, light wear to spine and light rubbing to bottom corner of textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with William T. Vollmann's name misspelled and light shelf wear. A lovely copy of the late author's magnum opus and post-modern masterpiece.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. First Edition. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page with a doodle of a face. Very Good with concavity to spine and light sunning to top edge of boards, light soiling to front free end paper and textblock edges. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear. The late author's magnum opus and post-modern masterpiece.

Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Hardcover. Book Condition: FINE/AS NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: FINE/AS NEW. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page. 1079pp. Blue cloth with blue paper covered boards, silver spine lettering. Unclipped ($29.95) with "Vollman" misspelling on the rear panel. Wallace's magnum opus, widely recognized as one of the most important American novels of the 1990s. Signed by Author. $3,500

A FINE FIRST EDITION first PRINTING IN DJ Unclipped ($29.95) with "Vollman" misspelling on the rear panel. SIGNED BY WALLACE."Best wishes Funkily"

SIGNED and Dated by Foster in the year before publication! In publisher's protective jacket. Contains Publisher's Contact Info on upper right cover. A copy of the "Special Galleys Signed by the Author," the ONLY COPY we've even seen dated in 1995. Wallace's second novel, considered his magnum opus, a lengthy and complex work with copious endnotes, some containing their own endnotes. A Very Near Fine copy with a few tiny smudges on paper edges. Small stain next to end of Walllace signature. Still in Publisher's protective Glasine cover. Unique signed Wallace acquisition! Book #C2135. $1450. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

Normal, IL: Review of Contemporary Fiction, 1993. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers; [viii],[6],7-275,[21]pp ads. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the preliminary leaf. Trivial wear to extremities, else very Near Fine. A well-preserved copy of the "Younger Writers" issue of Review of Contemporary Fiction, highlighting the work of William T. Vollmann, Susan Daitch, and David Foster Wallace. The issue is notable for the inclusion of "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction" and "From Infinite Jest," two of the earliest published excerpts of Wallace's magnum opus. It includes an interview with Wallace by Larry McCaffery, and articles on his work by Lance Olsen, James Rother, and Mark Costello. Uncommon signed.

New York: Little, Brown, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing (full number line), in First State dust jacket (incorrectly spelling William Vollmann as "Vollman" on back panel) of the author's magnum opus. Thick 8vo: [4],1079,[1]. Publisher's quarter-bound French blue cloth spine over periwinkle paper-covered boards, spine stamped in silver. Superb, a virtually pristine copy, square, clean, and tight. Time 100. "The plot of Infinite Jest—which revolves around, among other things, a lost, unwatchably beautiful art film and a conspiracy among wheelchair-bound Quebecois secessionists—is decidedly secondary to the painfully funny dialogue and Wallace's endlessly rich ruminations and speculations on addiction, entertainment, art, life and, of course, tennis." (Time 100) To help readers slice through the novel's dense thickets of prose, Wallace included 98 pages of "Notes & Errata." The title is from Hamlet, Act V, Scene 1, in which Hamlet holds the skull of the court jester,… Read more

Meriden, CT: D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, 1995. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); pictorial card wrappers; [10],11-255,[9]pp; illus. Signed by David Foster Wallace at his contribution on p.91. Light wear to extremities, with just a hint of sticker residue to lower right corner of front wrapper; Near Fine. A significant issue of Grand Street, featuring the first appearance of "Chivalry," a pre-publication excerpt from David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest. Includes additional contributions by Amiri Baraka, Kenzaburo Oe, Dennis Hopper, John Waters, Julian Schnabel, James Laughlin, Brigid Berlin, and others. Uncommon signed.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. First edition, first printing, in the first state jacket with Vollmann misspelled as "Vollman" on the rear panel. This is an excellent copy of Wallace's post-modernist magnum opus. Octavo. Original blue cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. Tiny marks to spine and edges of text block, trivial mark to gutter of front free endpaper. A fine copy in near-fine jacket, security sticker adhered to verso of rear panel, a few trivial marks to front panel and head of spine panel, else very bright and sharp.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1996. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. the late author's magnum opus, near fine in fine first-state dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; binding glue bleed-through on gutter of front free endpaper (typical in this title), very subtle soiling to pageblock edges else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; a remarkably solid binding for such a thick volume; first printing with complete number line

1079 PAGES OF INTENSE, MESMERIZING CRITIQUE OF  AMERICA, ADDICTED AND ENTERTAINED, IN EQUAL PARTS PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY AND SCREWBALL  SATIRICAL COMEDY.  THE TRUE FIRST EDITION OF THIS MODERN CLASSIC TO BE PLACED ON THE SAME SHELF AS DON QUIJOTE, ULYSSES, AND GRAVITY'S RAINBOW.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. F. 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition with the full number line present the first issue dust jacket that has William Vollmann's name misspelled on the rear p anel. Quarter bound in blue cloth and boards with silver spine letteri ng. The front fly-leaf has a light discoloration line near the gutter else book is otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket. Shippng weight is approximately five pounds. Additional shipping costs will apply to in ternational orders. .

Little, Brown and Company. Used - Very Good. First Edition, First Printing [1st Edition, 1st Printing]. In Very Good, mylar-wrapped dust jacket (not price-clipped). Pages are clean throughout.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. First edition stated. Full blue paper boards. Some rubbing to tail edge, else fine in fine jacket. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. The huge cast and multilevel narrative serve a story that accelerates to a breathtaking, heartbreaking, unforgettable conclusion. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human-and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. First edition. Thick 4to; blue paper boards stamped in silver to spine, 1079 pp, dust jacket. With full number line in an unclipped ($29.95) dust jacket with 'Vollman' misspelled on rear panel. Virtually Fine excepting previous owner's name and date penned to fep.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1996. First Edition. Near fine.. One side contains a short essay by the author that was eventually published two years later as part of his calssic essay "The Nature of Fun." Also included are quotes of praise for the book from likes of Rick Moody and Jeffrey Eugenides. Reverse is excerpt from his epic novel. A scarce ephemeral item. 22" x 8.5" promotional broadside printed recto and verso. Folded in quarters, likely as issued. Else sharp and bright. Near fine.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. Thick octavo (24cm); blue two-tone paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [iv],1079pp. Fine in a Fine first state dustjacket, unclipped (priced $29.95), with William Vollmann's last name misspelled at lower rear panel. Wallace's second novel and magnum opus, a lengthy and complex work which takes place in a North American dystopia, centering on a junior tennis academy and a substance-abuse recovery center.

Little, Brown & Co., 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fine. Full number line, stated First Edition, original price of $29.95 right front flap. In a Fine first state jacket issue with the incorrect spelling of William T. Vollmann's name. Textblock edges lightly speckled, pulled away from spine at head. No remainder mark, not bumped or otherwise blemished. DJ protected with mylar cover. 8vo, bookseller #001034.