Boston, MA, U.S.A.: David R. Godine Publisher, Inc., 1994. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. GREAT TOPICS OF THE WORLD investigates everyday traumas and triumphs--the despairs, delights, and complexities of our lives--and places them in an historic, cosmologic context, in which Vermeer, Leeuwenhock, Amy Lowell, astronomers Kepler and Tycho Brahe, 'Krazy Kat' creator George Herriman, and the Golem-conjuring Rabbi of Prague reenact their legendary dramas. And recurring throughout is the more intimate leitmotif of Goldbarth's own life and that of his family: the parents who inadvertently fed their boy's fascination with the flotsam and jetsam of American pop culture; the grandparents whose emigration from the Old Country was like "landing on Mars"; and the author himself, standing midway between the lore of Middle Europe and the lure of the New World. At its core, GREAT TOPICS is about one of the great topics of the century: the cultural and personal collisions brought about by a world in migration. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF46

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Bookseller: Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4188
Title: GREAT TOPICS OF THE WORLD: Essays.
Author: Goldbarth, Albert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 1567920179
ISBN 13: 9781567920178
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher, Inc.
Place of Publication: Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Keywords: AMERICAN ESSAYS LITERARY COLLECTIONS
Bookseller catalogs: Signed/Inscribed Books;
Product_type: 2

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Joe Staats, Bookseller

Books shipped in secure packaging via USPS Media Mail, Priority Mail or Global Priority Mail, upon receipt of payment, unless customer requests another method of delivery. Shipping is within 24 hrs. of receipt of payment for money orders, and after three business days for personal checks. All book jackets are protected in mylar covers from Brodart. Customers have three business days within which to contact us with complaints about merchandise by e-mail. Returns must be approved, in original packaging material, and in the same condition as when shipped. Because we make every effort to have the best possible merchandise in the best condition, to describe it accurately and to package it securely, we will in most cases accept approved returns. Approved returns will be cheerfully refunded, or credit given toward other books. Our aim is to please, and to earn your return business with superior service and prompt delivery.

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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise

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