IN THE COUNTRY OF LAST THINGS. de Auster, Paul - (1987)

Viking Adult, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in very good jacket. Jacket has some edge wear, protected by mylar cover. Spine tight, pages clean.

NY: Viking, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Imagine an American city in the near future, populated almost wholly by street dwellers, squatters in ruined buildings, scavengers for subsistence. Suicide clubs offer interesting ways to die, for a fee, but the rich have fled with their jewels, and those who are left survive on what little cash trade-in centers will give them for the day's pickings. This enthralling, dreamlike fable about a peculiarly recognizable society, now in the throes of entropy, focuses on the plight of a young woman, Anna Blume. Anna has memories of a gentler life, but comes to the city in a "charity ship" to hunt for her missing brother. She first finds shelter with a madman and his wife and later experiences a brief idyll with a writer, Samuel Farr.Together they live in the deteriorating splendor of the marbled public library. Promise is ultimately rekindled when the survivors consider taking to the road as magiciansan… Leer más

New York, New York: Viking Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670814458 . This book creates "a land where the masses are homeless, theft is so rampant it is no longer a crime, and death - either by arranging a suicide or assassination - is the only way out." Ships same or next business day. Remainder mark on tail edge. Book has minor edge wear; pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket has some shelf and edge wear, light bumps on both ends of spine, flaps are lightly tanned, small rubs on corners of cover, front cover has a sticker that is blacked out. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages .

Penguin Publishing Group, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Viking, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. AS NEW.

New York: Viking, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Auster's dystopian novel of an urban America descended into near anarchy. First edition, NF in a VG+ jacket (rubbed, a minor scuff to top front corner).

New York: The Viking Press, 1987. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 188 pages. An early, and dark, novel from the author of "The New York Trilogy." A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and a remainder mark to the bottom edge of the pages and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear.

Viking Penguin, 1987. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket, first printing 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Viking Drill & Tool, 1987-04-20. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Viking Adult, 1987-04-20. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Inscribed by author on title page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Small tears to jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Pages unmarked. 188 p. ; 22 cm. *Autographed by author.*