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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Near Fine with toning to top and bottom board edges, bumped corners, light soiling to front cover and stain to bottom of textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with William T. Vollmann's name misspelled. A lovely copy of the late author's magnum opus and post-modern masterpiece.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Near Fine with light soiling, light wear to spine and light rubbing to bottom corner of textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with William T. Vollmann's name misspelled and light shelf wear. A lovely copy of the late author's magnum opus and post-modern masterpiece.

A FINE FIRST EDITION first PRINTING IN DJ Unclipped ($29.95) with "Vollman" misspelling on the rear panel. SIGNED BY WALLACE."Best wishes Funkily"

Boston: Little, Brown And Company, 1996. First edition. Near fine.. Signed advance "Special Galleys" (stated) of Wallace's generation-defining magnum opus about a movie so funny it addicts its watchers. Advance promotional issue (in an unstated edition, reportedly 1000 copies) of one of the most beloved and acclaimed cult novels of the last thirty years. Equal parts Delillo and Pynchon, a modern classic - especially scarce with the publisher's response card. 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original color pictorial wrappers. Signed by Wallace (with a small drawing of a smiley face) to the front endpaper, as issued. 1080 pages. Includes scarce publisher "INFINITE JEST Response Card." Shallow bump to one corner, some faint staining to lower edge of text-block, small spot of soil/wear to front panel. Else bright, sound, and sharp overall.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good+ in wraps. Minor wear to exterior, including a faint smudge to bottom page edges. Text is clean and unmarked, binding strong. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the front end page. The Special Galleys were released only as a signed edition; in the few of these we've handled, this is the first that Wallace drew a neat little accompanying face to the signature. 9.29 X 6.14 X 2.20 inches; 1088 pages.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Advance Reading Copy. Near Fine. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition, signed by the author, as issued by the publisher. Near Fine with light wear to wraps; a beautiful copy. The late author's magnum-opus, and one of the most important literary works to come out of the 1990s (also known as pre-subsidized time).

Uncorrected Advance Bound Proofs signed by David Foster Wallace; one of an unnumbered softbound edition of what the front cover in very small type labels: "Special Galleys Signed by the Author." This copy includes, laid in, a postage-paid postcard-sized "Infinite Jest Response Card" inviting readers to return it with comments on the book.

There are two small bumps to both the top and bottom edges of the book's very wide spine, and a very slight bump to the top right corner of the front cover, but otherwise a fine, unread copy.

The actual page count of the galley is 1,079 pp, though the publishing information printed on its back states 1,088 for the forthcoming hardcover.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition, signed by the author as issued by the publisher. Very Good with wear to covers, small tear to foot of upper spine joint. Type on contact information label to front cover is scribbled out in ink, several pages are wavy. The late author's magnum-opus, and one of the most important literary works to come out of the 1990s (also known as pre-subsidized time, as the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment where most of the novel's actions occur is most likely either 2008 or 2009.).

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace. In near fine condition. In 2004, Chad Harbach declared that, in retrospect, Infinite Jest "now looks like the central American novel of the past thirty years, a dense star for lesser work to orbit." In a 2008 retrospective by The New York Times, Infinite Jest was described as "a masterpiece that’s also a monster — nearly 1,100 pages of mind-blowing inventiveness and disarming sweetness. Its size and complexity make it forbidding and esoteric." Time Magazine included the novel in its list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Book light cover soiling and minor wear, light foxing to edges thus very good. Dj has minor wear. Signed by the Author on the title page. 2nd printing. .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace with his added smiley face on the front free endpaper. In very good condition with some staining to the lower edge of the final sixty pages. Publicity sticker of the Little Brown representative to the front panel. In 2004, Chad Harbach declared that, in retrospect, Infinite Jest "now looks like the central American novel of the past thirty years, a dense star for lesser work to orbit." In a 2008 retrospective by The New York Times, Infinite Jest was described as "a masterpiece that’s also a monster — nearly 1,100 pages of mind-blowing inventiveness and disarming sweetness. Its size and complexity make it forbidding and esoteric." Time Magazine included the novel in its list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.

Meriden, CT: D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, 1995. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); pictorial card wrappers; [10],11-255,[9]pp; illus. Signed by David Foster Wallace at his contribution on p.91. Light wear to extremities, with just a hint of sticker residue to lower right corner of front wrapper; Near Fine. A significant issue of Grand Street, featuring the first appearance of "Chivalry," a pre-publication excerpt from David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest. Includes additional contributions by Amiri Baraka, Kenzaburo Oe, Dennis Hopper, John Waters, Julian Schnabel, James Laughlin, Brigid Berlin, and others. Uncommon signed.