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THE CABIN: REMINISCENCE AND DIVERSIONS

THE CABIN: REMINISCENCE AND DIVERSIONS

THE CABIN: REMINISCENCE AND DIVERSIONS

THE CABIN: REMINISCENCE AND DIVERSIONS

by Mamet, David

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0679415580
ISBN 13
9780679415589
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New York City, NY: Turtle Bay Books/Random House, 1992. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Turtle Bay Books/Random House, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 157 pages. The author's fourth collection of essays. One of David Mamet's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents David Mamet's "The Cabin: Reminiscence And Diversions". David Mamet BEFORE he tipped over into right-wing madness: Wonderfully and disarmingly autobiographical set pieces. Collapse and decline happen to the best writers, and should NOT diminish their previous achievement, which is considerable in Mamet's case. David Mamet mines his "Jewishness" with increasing interest and genuine pathos, these brilliant digressions being no exception. As he relives the "scenes" in his life, the care he takes in describing places and people is rich and incomparable. Anyone who thinks that the truth is in the details will soon realize that remembering and reminiscing are, or can be, the most noble acts of the writer's imagination. An absolute "must-have" title for David Mamet collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, dated, and inscribed in blue ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Best wishes, David Mamet Three Lives & Co. NYC, January 1993". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. There is no recipient named. Three Lives & Company is the legendary independent bookstore that many writers, Mamet included, regarded as a second home. Michael Cunningham describes it in "The Hours" as "a sanctuary, the center of the civilized universe". Jonathan Franzen used a photograph of the bookstore as the cover for his essay collection, "How To Be Alone". This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, dated, and inscribed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. It is the single most beautiful signed David Mamet book we have ever seen. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Drama Critic's Circle Award and the Obie Award. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVID MAMET TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679415580.

Synopsis

David Mamet is the author of various plays, including American Buffalo , Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Speed-the-Plow , Glengarry Glen Ross  (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize), and Oleanna . He has written and directed the films Homicide , House of Games , and  Things Change  (written with Shel Silverstein), and has written the screenplays for The Untouchables and Hoffa . He is the author of tow previous collections, Writing in Restaurants  and Some Freaks . Mamet lives in Massachusetts and Vermont.

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Bookseller
Modern Rare US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
8801
Title
THE CABIN: REMINISCENCE AND DIVERSIONS
Author
Mamet, David
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine Dust Jacket.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition. First Printing.
ISBN 10
0679415580
ISBN 13
9780679415589
Publisher
Turtle Bay Books/Random House
Place of Publication
New York City, NY
Date Published
1992
Pages
157

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