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(2019). 8vo. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by Vuong. Slight waviness to textblock edges. Bumping and light soiling to edges, forecorners, and creased spine ends of gently rubbed boards with light marking to front board. Light bumping, scraping, and creasing to forecorners and spine ends of rubbed, slightly soiled, and faintly marked dust jacket. Crease along bottom of rear flap fore edge. VG/VG.

246p. First edition with full number line. Signed flat on title page in silver metallic marker by Ocean Vuong on title page. Contents are unmarked on bright pages. Grey paper boards are clean and pointed. Grey matte jacket is unclipped with a signed sticker copy on front panel and faint shelf wear. Binding is tight with hinges securely attached.

First edition, hardcover, signed by Vuong on the title page, the book has a slight skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends, some shelf wear to the cover edges and corners, and a strong ding to the head of the front causing a touch of creasing to the first few pages. Overall, this is a solid, tight and clean, Very Good copy in an unclipped, Very Good+ dust jacket, which has bumps with minor creasing to the spine ends and corners, and light rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

A very smart first UK edition, first impression of this epistolary novel from Vietnamese American poet Ocean Vuong, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. Singed by the author to the title page. The author's debut novel. An epistolary novel with a nonlinear narrative structure, written in the form of a letter by a young Vietnamese American nicknamed Little Dog, whose life mirrors that of Ocean Vuong. The letter is written to his illiterate mother Hong, more often called or translated as Rose. Written by Ocean Vuong, a Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. He is the recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, 2016 Whiting Award, and the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize. He received a MacArthur Grant following the publication of this novel. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine.

1st Printing. Signed to the title page by the author. Brand new copy.

signed first edition, 2019. ocean vuong's debut novel unfolds as a letter to his mother, written in a language she cannot read. the letter forms a portrait of the narrator's family history as he recounts his first love, intimately interwoven with vietnamese history. the novel was a finalist for the 2020 pen/faulkner award for fiction. vuong, a recipient of the 2019 macarthur genius grant, has also been honored with the whiting award and the t. s. eliot prize. new york: penguin. isbn: 978-0-525-56202-3. 8.5" x 5.5". hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: very mild bumping to spine. fine. jacket condition: unclipped ($26.00). fine.

A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, LINED & PUBLICATION DATED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request.

First edition / First printing. Signed on the title page by Ocean Vuong. Black paper spine, Pale blue paper-covered boards. 402 pages. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Recipient of a 2019 MacArthur Grant. Winner of a 2014 Ruth Lilly / Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship. Winner of a 2016 Whiting Award. Winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize.