New York: Ecco, 2008. SIGNED. True 1st/1st. Like New. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. Not the later Oprah Book Club edition. True first edition with correct ISBN ending in 4227 present on both the copyright page and dust jacket back panel and no New York Times Bestseller blurb on the front panel. SIGNED by David Wroblewski on the title page. The book is tight and buying square with solid hinges, good tips, rough-cut fore-edges, and clean unmarred boards. Spine ends gently pushed. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($25.95) and Fine. It is the first state jacket before it was reinforced and reissued. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
The novel is a retelling of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in rural Wisconsin. The title character is a mute boy who, after his father is killed, runs away but then returns to his usurped home, hoping to prove his suspicions that his uncle murdered his father.
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Product code: SIGNED, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski, First buying Edition, First Printing