Greetings, you are bidding on - About A Boy by Nick Hornby.
"First Riverhead trade paperback edition: May 1999", numberline "24-16", $14 price.
Trade softcover, actual copy, no stock images.
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Edited quotes, "Set for life in London with royalties from a Christmas song his father wrote, Will Lightman does nothing all day except be cool.
Something he does extremely well. And he chases women, with intermittent success. When chance throws a beautiful mom his way, he makes
the most of the opportunity, even though she dumps him because she thinks he’s ready for commitment and she isn’t. No matter: He joins a single
parents’ group, inventing a toddler named Ned, and is well on the way to another conquest when frizzy-haired loner Marcus and his depressive hippie
mother Fiona intervene. They all meet on the day Fiona tries to kill herself, while Will’s really just a friendly bystander, Marcus, in desperation, seizes on
him as the solution to their problems. He follows Will to see where he lives, and, after quickly seeing through the toddler ruse, takes to barging in on his
'friend' nearly every day after school. While hardly in agreement with this turn of events, Will is still enough of a boy himself to recognize that the lad needs
a hand. He finds himself caring enough to buy Marcus cool sneakers, which are promptly stolen by the gang at school who harass him daily. But Will provides
the key that gives Marcus a first girlfriend, and then is repaid in kind when he meets another beautiful mom, falls in love, and persuades him to act as his son to
keep her from getting away. Far more than just boys will be boys, this has the right mix of hilarity and irrepressible characters to attract a wide audience: an upbeat,
unqualified success. A 2002 film directed by Chris & Paul Weitz stars Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, and Rachel Weisz."
Overall condition is very good. Trade paperback, is a sound copy, has normal shelfwear & some signs of age.
No untold folds, long creases & wrinkle lines, no rips & tears, no chips. Covers clean, are half matte & glossy finish, some age tone.
No stains, no heavy grime, no foxing & age spots, no liquid issues. Covers some rubbing. Front shallow edge rubbing, bruising on spine
ends. Spine a surface line & thin impressions, seam rubs. Some small rubs & bruises on yellow band, few dashes & line bruises on photo,
line mark left feet. Back corner & edge rubbing, bruising on spine ends. Spine edge some seam rubs, a seam line & thin impressions.
Few line marks top bar code, some dashes, small bruises & short marks off lower spine edge. Few impressions, line marks & bruises on blue band.
Line mark off top edge (end "Will"), some rub marks on yellow. Edges are sound, some wear. Front top couple small marks off spine, thin rubs. Front
right rubs, bruising. Front bottom couple short marks off spine, thinner rubs & bruises. Top back thin rubs, back left shallow rub marks, bruising.
Back bottom edge small marks, rub marks, wider bruising. Corners are sound, front top short tip mark, edge rubs, bruises. Front bottom tip bend
mark, small tip layer peel. Top back tip bruises, tip left edge rubs. Back bottom a short tip mark, edge bruising.
Spine is uncreased, covers lay flat. Spine ends are sound, have edge rub marks, bruising Spine a thin mark off top edge. Few bruises, seam rubs &
surface bruising, color loss. Edge some rubbing, pretty flat & square. No rips, tears, chips. Lettering intact, good gloss. Seams fairly smooth.
No heavy slant, no severe twist, text block is near square.
Interior is clean & complete. Pages are sound, have darker age tone (printed with acidic materials).
No rips or tears, no missing pages, no untold long creases, wrinkle lines & folds, no frays & chips.
Inside covers a darker age tone. Random age & print specks. No stains, no heavy grime, no foxing & age spots, no writing,
no liquid issues. Covers & binding tight - No loose pages, no split internal spine, no issues, hinges are sound. Few front bottom
corners a short tip line & small edge rubs. Some top backs small tip or short point marks, few back bottoms short tip left edge rubs.
Majority of corners flat & square. No noted amounts of tip curls, folds & bends. An occasional small rub mark or thin bruise. Pages
a heavier published texture, do not show large heavy markings, are pretty flat & smooth.
Closed page edges are clean & sound, have even age tone, (pics #10-12 tops first, compressed for scans).
No foxing & age spots, no stains, no heavy grime, no liquid or remainder marks. Tops few smaller rubs.
Rights a few rub lines, rub marks, some bruising. Bottoms few short marks off spine, some wider rub marks, dash off back cover.
Edges in mostly decent shape, no harsh wear & severe ageing.
Trade paperback, has normal shelfwear, some signs of age. Covers have rubbing, some marks, corner & edge wear.
Pages are sound, some corner wear, do not show large heavy markings. No major traumas, no severe issues, no harsh page wear.
All that said? Yes, reads just fine. Thank you for taking the time to look. Questions? Please Email.
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