Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, Garrison Keillor — 1st Edition

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Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, Garrison Keillor — 1st Edition

Name: Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, Garrison Keillor — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
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Publication: London, Faber and Faber, 2001

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 256.

Condition Report: Near Fine. The binding is tightly bound in the original brown publisher's boards, with the corners remaining sharp and the silver spine lettering uniformly bright and unoxidised. The text block is exceptionally clean, with the pages remaining bright and entirely free from foxing, markings, or internal flaws. The unclipped dust jacket presents excellently, retaining vivid, unfaded panels and a striking yellow spine; it exhibits no chipping or tearing, showing only the faintest suggestion of handling to the extreme extremities, ensuring it remains a highly attractive example.

Catalogue Note: This is a true First UK Edition, First Printing. It was published in Great Britain by Faber and Faber simultaneously with the American edition by Viking Penguin in 2001.

Copies of this edition in such a remarkably well-preserved state, unmarred by the typical reading wear, creasing, or sunning that often afflicts modern dust jackets, remain a pleasing find for collectors of Keillor's celebrated modern fiction.

A hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age novel, Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 serves up the world according to fourteen-year-old Gary, an endearing geek and self-described 'tree-toad' whose best friend is his dependable Underwood typewriter. Filled with the post-war optimism and Cold War suspicions of the 1950s, the novel vividly chronicles a summer of baseball, wild imagination, and adolescent trauma, capturing a newly minted America in unforgettable Wobegon fashion.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Garrison Keillor

Book Publisher: Faber and Faber

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Humour Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 256

Book Publication Year: 2001

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: Lake Wobegon

Country/region of manufacture: St Ives, United Kingdom

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