An Afghanistan Picture Show: Or, How I Saved the World by William T. Vollmann

Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1992-07. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1992-07. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.1000 8.8000 6.3000. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Stated Edition, first printing. Clean text - NO writing, NO highlighting. Very good.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. In 1982, Vollman traveled to Afghanistan to see firsthand the war being fought between Soviet occupation troops and Afghan guerrillas. It resulted in Vollman's first non-fiction work, a memoir of a young man coming to terms with his political naivete and confronting his own inadequacy in the face of unlimited suffering. Text shows some slight soiling on top edge, o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square, appears unread. Dustjacket appears near perfect, no tears, creasing or chipping, no remainder mark, not price-clipped. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in dust jacket. Signed by Vollmann.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1992). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread). First printing. His first non-fiction book, an account not only of events in Afghanistan in 1982, but also of his coming to terms with himself and his limitations. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Illustrated with drawings and maps by the author. While Vollmann, one of the most fascinating and interesting of modern writers, had long been a cult favorite, in 2005 he received the prestigious National Book Award for fiction. 268 pp.

FARRAR, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. Fine. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW IN DJ. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING OF GUN by Vollmann touch of dampstain to bottom of spine.

New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 1992. Author's first non-fiction work; signed on the title page; illustrated in black & white; 268pp.. Signed by Author. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1992). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread). First printing. His first non-fiction book, an account not only of events in Afghanistan in 1982, but also of his coming to terms with himself and his limitations. INSCRIBED on the title page ("to..."). Illustrated with drawings and maps by the author. While Vollmann, one of the most fascinating and interesting of modern writers, had long been a cult favorite, in 2005 he received the prestigious National Book Award for fiction. 268 pp.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1992 First Printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Fine/Fine conditon.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux , 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy in a fine unclipped dustjacket. This copy is signed by the author--signature only--on the title page. Tight and clean copy--both book and dustjacket.