Product code: SIGNED, authentic Uncommon Type, Tom Hanks, First Edition, First Printing, 2017
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. NF/NF. . Stated First Edition. First printing with no other printings listed. Signed by Tom Hanks on the publisher's bound-in page. The book is tight with solid hinges and good tips. Crease to spine head and light smudges to boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. B&W matte photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($29.95) with faint crease to spine head and front flap top corner. Removable SIGNED FIRST EDITION sticker. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 403 pages. 5½ x 8¼" tall. Tom Hanks maintains a collection of over 250 typewriters, and has said in interviews that he always travels with at least two. It is unsurprising that his first published collection of fiction is united by typewriters playing major authentic and minor roles, from the fantastic imagination of two children playing astronauts to poignant tales of nostalgia.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. NF/NF. . Stated First Edition. First printing with no other printings listed. Signed by Tom Hanks on the publisher's bound-in page. The book is tight with solid hinges and good tips. Crease to spine head and light smudges to boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. B&W matte photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($29.95) with faint crease to spine head and front flap top corner. Removable SIGNED FIRST EDITION sticker. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 403 pages. 5½ x 8¼" tall. Tom Hanks maintains a collection of over 250 typewriters, and has said in interviews that he always travels with at least two. It is unsurprising that his first published collection of fiction is united by typewriters playing major authentic and minor roles, from the fantastic imagination of two children playing astronauts to poignant tales of nostalgia.