A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius (Signed)
by Dave Eggers
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684863472
- ISBN 13
- 9780684863474
- Seller
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San Jose, California, United States
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About This Item
United States: Simon & Schuster, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book has mild wear to the head and heel of the spine, else clean and tight with no marks or stamps. First edition, first printing. Signed on the title page in my presence by Eggers. A postcard of book is laid in.
Synopsis
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents. The book was an enormous commercial and critical success, reaching number one on The New York Times bestseller list and being nominated as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. Time Magazine and several newspapers dubbed it "The Best Book of the Year.
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- Bookseller
- A Flare For Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001570
- Title
- A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius (Signed)
- Author
- Dave Eggers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0684863472
- ISBN 13
- 9780684863474
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 375
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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- Heel
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.