Buy this book on-line Hitchens, Christopher : Arguably: Essays By Christopher HitchensTwelve/Hachette Book Group, New York City, NY, 2011 ISBN B00AV0KL3U
First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 795 pages. Massive retrospective collection of essays. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Christopher Hitchens' "Arguably". In one hefty, 795-page volume (it weighs 3 pounds), Christopher Hitchens' finest and most representative essays, a prodigal outpouring, not just output, of wit, brilliance, and venom from the most anomalously celebrated critic/essayist of our time. "Forms a bridge between the two parallel enterprises of culture and politics. It reveals how politics justifies itself by culture and how the latter prompts the former" (Publisher's blurb). Christopher Hitchens died of esophageal cancer on December 15, 2011. In his blurb for "Arguably", Christopher Buckley described his colleague and friend as "the greatest living essayist in the English language". In his obituary piece, Buckley reiterates: "One or two reviewers demurred, calling my effusion 'forgivable exaggeration'. To them I say: OK, name a better one. I would alter only one word in that blurb now". The word is obviously "living" now that Hitchens is dead, and more important, Buckley unmistakably implies that the vacuum will not be filled. RIP, Mr. Hitchens. An absolute "must-have" title for Christopher Hitchens collectors. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online are subsequent printings or have serious flaws (even if they are New) because of the book's unwieldy size and shoddy handling/packing on the publisher's part. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the greatest writer/intellectuals of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS AND GORE VIDAL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN B00AV0KL3U. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Hitchens, Christopher : Arguably: Essays By Christopher Hitchens. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, libri rari, collectables, livres rares and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |