coupland douglas roger thorpe (2 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Limited Edition. SIGNED by Douglas Coupland in thick red felt-tip pen to the bubble-gum pink title-page of The Gum Thief. First impression of the signed limited edition of The Gum Thief, and first impression of the true first edition - including the unique publication of Glove Pond by Douglas Coupland's fictional character: Roger Thorpe, with full number-string sequence to both books, including the no. "1": 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 to the publisher's prelims copyright pages. ***Both novels fine in black cloth-covered boards with silver titles to spines. Pages bright and clean. No foxing. No other inscriptions (other than author's signature to title-page of The Gum Thief). Spines tight. ***In fine colour-illustrated dustwrappers. The publisher's motif to the Glove Pond at the base of the spine is 'joke' reversed and shows a man rather than a woman archer. The Glove Pond complete with its 'short mock-bio' by Douglas Coupland of his character/fictional author Roger Thorpe inside rear inner flap of dustwrapper 'Roger Thorpe was born in1959 in North Vancouver, Canada, where he lives and works. Glove Pond is his first novel. He is currently working on a follow-up novel'. ***Also mock review by Douglas Coupland to the front panel of the dustwrapper: 'Breathtaking in its scope and vision --- A humbling, magnificent novel.' No fading. No tears. Dustwrappers crisp and bright. Complete with outer colour-illustrated card slipcase, with publisher's printed price of £26. Slipcase and dustwrappers and books as new and unfaded. ***The Gum Thief 275 pages plus note about the author to the rear. ***Glove Pond: A Novel: 89 pages plus note about the type to the rear. 188 mm x128 mm. ***'A story of love and looming apocalypse set in the aisles of an office-supply superstore. ***Meet Roger, a divorced, middle-aged 'aisles associate' at a Staples outlet, condemned to restocking reams of paper for the rest of his life, and his co-worker Bethany, who's at the end of her goth phase and realising she's facing fifty more years of shelving Post-it notes and replenishing the Crayola boutique in Aisle Six. ***One day, Bethany discovers Roger's notebook in the staffroom. When she opens it up, she discovers that this old guy who she's never considered to be quite human is writing mock diary entries pretending to be her - and weirdly, he's getting it right. She learns he has a tragedy in his past, and suddenly he no longer seems like a paper-stocking robot in a red shirt and a name tag. ***These two retail workers then strike up an unlikely yet touching secret correspondence. As their lives unfold, so too do the characters of Roger's work-in-progress, the oddly titled Glove Pond, a Cheever-era novella gone horribly, horribly wrong. **On every page of this wise, witty and unforgettable novel, Coupland reminds us that love, death and eternal friendship can all occur where and when we least expect them and that, even after tragedy has hit, one can still find solace in the comedy and strange comforts of modern life.' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the signed limited edition of The Gum Thief, signed by Douglas Coupland, and first impression of the true first edition of Glove Pond, complete with the outer slipcase in bright fine condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcovers in Dust Jackets. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Two volumes in slip case, all in fine condition. "The Gum Thief" is signed by Coupland on a tipped in pink sheet of paper "Doug". Roger Thorpe is a fictional character in "The Gum Thief", and the fictional author of "Glove Pond". "Gum Thief" 275 pages; "Glove Pond" 89 pages. Signed by Author.