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Apex Hides The Hurt
by Whitehead, Colson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 038550795X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385507950
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition of Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead.. Octavo, 212pp. Blue hardcover, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" with full number line on copyright page. Clean text throughout, top of spine and lower edge of front cover bumped. In publisher's illustrated dust jacket, retail price on front flap, top edge of spine bumped, faint shelf wear to back panel. Signed by the author on title page. A very nice copy. American novelist Colson Whitehead has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice. In 2017, he won for The Underground Railroad (2016), and in 2020, he won for The Nickel Boys (2019).
Synopsis
Apex Hides the Hurt is a 2006 novel by American author Colson Whitehead. The novel follows an unnamed nomenclature consultant who is asked to visit the town of Winthrop, which (it turns out) is considering changing its name. During his visit, the main character is introduced to several citizens attempting to persuade him in favor of their preferred name for the town. The novel has received mostly positive reviews from critics, with few negative comments.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11735
- Title
- Apex Hides The Hurt
- Author
- Whitehead, Colson
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 038550795X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385507950
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- first edition Colson Whitehead, signed book Colson Whitehead, Intuitionist Colson Whitehead, Apex Hides the Hurt Colson Whitehead, John Henry Days Colson Whitehead, Colossus of New York Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead, Underground Rail
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