New York, Random House, 1996. First edition. Second printing. Hardbound. Very

New York, Random House, 1996. First edition. Second printing. Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine jacket. A clean tight unread copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($22.00). Smoke-free. Brand new, never opened, from an original box-load directly from the publisher. Saunders's debut book, a collection of six darkly comic and dystopian short stories and one novella, set in absurd near-future landscapes shaped by corporate greed and moral decay. Saunders, winner of the Booker Prize and the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, is known for his satirical, genre-blending fiction; "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" marked the start of his celebrated career and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. This is his first published book.

New York, Random House, 1996. First edition. First printing (with full number

New York, Random House, 1996. First edition. First printing (with full number line down to 2 and FIRST EDITION centered below, as was the Random House custom of identifying a first printing from 1976 to 2000; e.g., during that period, a book with the print number line "23456789" is a first printing with the "first edition" statement present). Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine jacket. A clean tight copy, with a tiny water-stain at top spine. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($22.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Octavo. 179 pages. The author's debut book. A darkly satirical collection set in dystopian near-futures, blending absurdity with emotional depth. The stories explore themes of corporate overreach, moral decay, and human resilience. Several stories originally appeared in The New Yorker and Harper's Magazine.