The Broom of the System
David Foster Wallace · Viking / Penguin, 1987 · Uncorrected Proof
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These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Broom of the System.
✓ Front wrapper: plain blue card wraps printed in black, with a ruled box reading "PUB. DATE ____ PRICE ____ / UNREVISED AND UNPUBLISHED PROOFS. CONFIDENTIAL." and the imprint VIKING / PENGUIN BOOKS.
✓ Rear wrapper: a boxed blurb by Richard Elman, author of Cocktails at Somoza's and The Breadfruit Lotteries.
✓ Publisher's blurb page: ends with both ISBNs, Viking ISBN 0-670-81230-7 and Penguin ISBN 0 14 00.9868 2, with Winter 1987 publication.
✓ Text block: 463 numbered pages.
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