Beginning At The End

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By Don Delillo

1972

Signed first printing of Delillo's second novel, a dark farce set among the world of college football against a backdrop of nuclear warfare and anticipating much of his later work.

Near fine in a very good plus jacket.

Price: $500.00

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"People stress the violence. That's the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there's a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain."

The Object

First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original full black cloth with silver-stamped titles. In original unclipped ($5.95) color pictorial jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Light blue topstain. [8], 442, [6] pages. Signed by Delillo on the title page. Jacket with some chipping/wear to head and and tail of spine. Touches of wear at extremities. Trace rubbing, slight lean to book. Overall, bright and sound.

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