New York & London: Viking/Penguin Books / Abacus, [1987], 1997. First Editions. 1. The Broom of the System. New York: Viking/Penguin Books, [1987]. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); powder blue card wrappers, with titling and publication information printed in black; [viii],[3],4-463,[1]pp. Slight lean, faint foxing to wrappers and text..... More

New York: W.W. Norton & Company / Little, Brown and Company, 1989, 1996. First Editions. A compelling trio of items, comprised of Wallace's first collection of short fiction and his second novel, inscribed to Brian Simpson, long-time owner of Babbitts Books in Normal, Illinois. Wallace was a regular patron there..... More

New York: Ecco Press, 1990. First Edition. First Printing, a trade paperback original. Octavo (22.75cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [xii],140 + [24]pp appendix. Signed by Wallace on the title page. Light wear to extremities, faint sticker-pull to upper right corner of half-title page; Near Fine. Wallace's third book, a serious..... More

New York: Ecco Press, 1990. First Edition. First Printing, a trade paperback original. Octavo (22.75cm); glossy, illustrated wraps; 140pp, [19] appendix. Two faint stress creases to corners, with remainder mark to lower text edges; Near Fine. Wallace's third book, a serious work of rap criticism he co-wrote with his college..... More