FISKADORO.
by Johnson, Denis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394538390
- ISBN 13
- 9780394538396
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: KNOPF.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; Twentieth printing. Hardcover. 0394538390 . First edition. Unique copy of Denis Johnson's SECOND novel. Formerly owned by a noted rare bookseller who was friends with Denis Johnson & writer Chris Offut. Offut presented this individual with the book inscribed to him (Offut) by Denis Johnson reading: "For Chris Offutt, wild man of Kentucky, Denis Johnson 1998" on the half-title page. However, the bookseller knew Offut's handwriting and quickly divined the fakery at hand, and cajoled Offut into admitting the ruse. Offut, in turn. Said he'd get Johnson to actually inscribe the book to him, and make it right. Sometime later, the book came back with these words opposite the title page-"Okay- this is the real and authentic Denis Johnson (thumbprint in turquoise ink) now inscribing this unprecedentedly wonderful book to "..." Accept no substitutes! "Denis Johnson" Idaho USA July 1, 1999." The final Johnson signature is, indeed, authenic. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (Small red remainder line at top edge) A rare, though albeit looney, example of two singular American writers combining to contrive a joke. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 311987
- Title
- FISKADORO.
- Author
- Johnson, Denis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Twentieth printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394538390
- ISBN 13
- 9780394538396
- Publisher
- KNOPF.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 0394538390, Modern Fiction/denis Johnson/chris Offut/210
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