- Seller Inventory #: 22257
- Format: Hardcover; First Printing
- Book condition: NF/NF
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1995
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. NF/NF. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Minor shelf wear, no remainder marks. DJ not price-clipped. Inscribed by the author and dated in the year of publication " To ---, in friendship Sherman 5/9/95 Brooklyn. "; ; 306 pages; Signed by Author .
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
remainder : Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder mark.
price-clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.