George Saunders Very Persistent Gappers Of and 12 similar items

THE VERY PERSISTENT GAPPERS OF FRIP by George Saunders New York: Random House, [2015]. First Random House edition, first printing. First printing number code sequence 1 through 9 and statement "First Random House Edition" to the copyright page. Originally published by Villard Books in 2000, this Random House edition sports a new elegant book production and binding, and a jacket design by Chelsea Cardinal. SIGNED with an original, expressive art doodle face by the Booker Prize and World Fantasy Award winning author to the title page. Saunders' novelette 'Escape From Spiderhead' was adapted to the 2022 Joseph Kosinki directed film 'Spiderhead. This modern fable, evocatively illustrated in color on almost every page by Caldecott Award and Kate Greenway Medal winning artist, Lane Smith, appeals to all ages with powerful themes of community and kindness sprouting from a small seaside village. Fine and very tight in polished key-lime green boards with decorative fringed gold balls, white and gold titles to the spine, white headband and tail-band, blue with key-lime green dot patterned end-papers; in a very nearly fine dust jacket, with a hint of rubbing at the shelf-edge of the upper front corner; original $22.00 printed price still intact to the front inner flap, and original printed date, 2015 to the rear inner flap. Lovely book production, and a nice SIGNED collectible with original art. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED ILLUSTRATED BOOKS THANKS!