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First Edition of The Broom of the System; Signed by David Foster Wallace and by Dust Jacket Illustrator Lon Kirschner Three Times With an Original Illustration
WALLACE, David Foster.
The Broom of the System.
New York: The Viking Press, 1987.
First edition of the author's first book, which had an initial print run of only 1300 copies. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the front free endpaper and with an original illustration by the illustrator Lon Kirschner. Additionally signed by dust jacket illustrator Lon Kirschner three times: on the title page with his initials and an original drawing reminiscent of his jacket illustration, on the front panel of the dust jacket, and on the rear flap of the dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lon Kirschner. Unique.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 151589
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First Edition of The Broom of the System; Signed by David Foster Wallace, and Dust Jacket Illustrator Lon Kirschner
WALLACE, David Foster.
The Broom of the System.
New York: Penguin Books, 1987.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and author's initials to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Additionally signed by the book's original dust jacket illustrator Lon Kirschner with an original drawing of his jacket illustration on the title page. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146609
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First Edition of Signifying Rappers; Signed by David Foster Wallace
WALLACE, David Foster & Mark Costello.
Signifying Rappers.
New York: Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare, especially signed by Foster Wallace.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 104837
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First Edition of Signifying Rappers; Signed by David Foster Wallace
WALLACE, David Foster & Mark Costello.
Signifying Rappers.
New York: Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. In fine condition. Rare, especially signed by Foster Wallace.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 150145
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"There is no hatred in my love for you. Only a sadness I feel all the more strongly for my inability to explain or describe it": First Edition of David Foster Wallace’s First Novel, The Broom of the System; Signed by Him and three times by illustrator Lon Kirschner who has added an original illustration
WALLACE, David Foster.
The Broom of the System.
New York: The Viking Press, 1987.
First paperback edition (issued simultaneously with the hardcover edition) of the author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Additionally signed three times by the illustrator Lon Kirschner, on the front panel, rear panel and on the title page with an added original illustration. In fine condition. Illustration on the front panel by Lon Kirschner. An unique example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 124672
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Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition Of The Author’s Magnum Opus; Signed by David Foster Wallace and Three Times by Jacket Designer Steve Snider
WALLACE, David Foster [Steve Snider].
Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace with his added smiley face on the front free endpaper and three times by jacket designer Steve Snider: on the front panel, the front free endpaper beneath Wallace, and on the rear panel. Steve Snider, a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a designer whose fifty-year career encompassed the art directorships of The Atlantic, Little, Brown and Company, and St. Martin's Press, produced one of the most recognizable typographic jacket designs in the history of American publishing when he created the cover for David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. Reasoning that the novel at over 1,000 pages and two and three-eighths inches thick required a jacket that announced its importance with grand and approachable typography rather than specific imagery, Snider focused on the word "infinite" and deployed what he and editor Michael Pietsch described as "the Big Book look," presenting a single design that Pietsch approved immediately and that the sales force loved without reservation. The author was a conspicuous exception to the general enthusiasm. Wallace's six-word response upon receiving the jacket was: "Got the jacket. Wow. Pretty...
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 152258
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First Edition of Signifying Rappers in the Missouri Review; Signed by David Foster Wallace
WALLACE, David Foster & Mark Costello.
The Missouri Review: Signifying Rappers, Volume XIII, Number 2.
New York: Ecco Press, 1990.
First appearance of Foster Wallace's first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by David Foster Wallace. In fine condition. The first article is a 20 page essay from David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello on Rap music, entitled Signifying Rappers.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 105443
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"This is so stupid it practically drools": First Edition of Consider the Lobster; Signed by David Foster Wallace
WALLACE, David Foster.
Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays.
New York: Little Brown & Company, 2005.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Yoori Kim. Jacket photograph by Kelly Campbell. Author photograph by Marion Ettlinger.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 42776
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First Edition of the O. Henry Stories; Signed by David Foster Wallace
FOSTER WALLACE, David; James Salter; T.C. Boyle; et al.
Prize Stories 1989: The O. Henry Awards. [Includes David Foster Wallace’s Here and There].
New York: Doubleday, 1989.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the front free endpaper. Included in this volume is the story "Here and There" by David Foster Wallace, which was chosen as one of the best short stories of the year. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg. Edited and with an introduction by William Abrahams.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136204
