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THE NUCLEAR AGE (SIGNED to Full Title Page)
by Tim O'Brien
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 039454286X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394542867
- Seller
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Monkton, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
HARDCOVER. SIGNED in Person at the Book Signing Event. THE NUCLEAR AGE by Tim O'Brien (1985). SIGNED to the Full Title page by Tim O'Brien, the author. Brand New and Never owned. This is a FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing copy as stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket is in Brand New condition with no issues. The spine shows just a hint of fading due to the yellow color of the dust jacket. Book has no tears, marks, creases, remainder marks, library markings, or black lines on the edges. Not inscribed to anyone. Not price-clipped, not a Book Club Edition (BCE), or signed on a bookplate. True Collectible Quality. First Edition, First Printing, hand SIGNED to the Full Title page. No inscription; full signature only. From an event featuring Tim O'Brien in conversation with Matt Gallagher in New York City on October 14, 2019. FREE: The bookstore's October 2019 events flier showing Tim O'Brien's visit on 14 October is included. This book will be carefully wrapped and shipped with free delivery confirmation. **** Tim O'Brien received the 1979 National Book Award for Going After Cacciato. Among his other books is Dad's Maybe Book, In the Lake of the Woods, winner of the James Fenimore Cooper Prize, Northern Lights, The Nuclear Age, Tomcat in Love, and July, July. He was awarded the Pritzker Literature Award for lifetime achievement in military writing in 2013. The Nuclear Age was published on September 12, 1985. ISBN:978-0394-5428-67. BS13106.
Synopsis
The Nuclear Age is about one man's slightly insane attempt to come to terms with a dilemma that confronts us all—a little thing called The Bomb. The year is 1995, and William Cowling has finally found the courage to meet his fears head-on. Cowling's courage takes the form of a hole that he begins digging in his backyard in an effort to "bury" all thoughts of the apocalypse. Cowling's wife, however, is ready to leave him; his daughter has taken to calling him "nutto"; and Cowling's own checkered past seems to be rising out of the crater taking shape on his lawn, besieging him with flashbacks and memories of a life that's had more than its share of turmoil. Brilliantly interweaving his masterful storytelling powers with dark, surreal humor and empathy for characters caught in circumstances beyond their control, Tim O'Brien brings us his most entertaining novel to date. At once wildly comic and sneakily profound, The Nuclear Age is also utterly unforgettable.
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- Bookseller
- Charm City Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BS13106
- Title
- THE NUCLEAR AGE (SIGNED to Full Title Page)
- Author
- Tim O'Brien
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER w/ Dust Jacket Cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039454286X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394542867
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf; 1st edition (September 12, 1985)
- Place of Publication
- UNITED STATES
- Date Published
- Sept 12, 1985
- Keywords
- Literature & Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED BOOKS;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charm City Books
Biblio member since 2004
Monkton, Maryland
About Charm City Books
I sell mostly Modern First Editions. Most of my inventory is Hand Signed First Edition/First Printing Hardcovers. I also carry a collection of Brand New & Like New, Signed and Unsigned Franklin Library & Easton Press Books. I will accept offers on any book I have. If your offer is accepted, you are committed to buy. I will then reduce the price of the item ON THIS SITE so you can purchase the item or book on this site using their check-out...
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