VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear & tear along top and bottom edges, spine and panels. Price clipped. BOARDS: Very good condition. Small scuff to paper on back board, near spine. BOOK: Very good condition. Very minor foxing to textblock head. Ink markings top of FFEP. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions? Please feel free to ask.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Fran Lebowitz's best selling collection of comedic essays, "Metropolitan Life", her first book and the introduction of her ascerbic wit to a much wider audience. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 4th printing of the work published by E. P. Dutton in 1978. The authentic dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Brodart sleeve.
"Here in one ferociously witty fell swoop, is American life today: its fads, crazes, trends, morals and fashions — what they are, what they mean to us, and what we can do to keep them in their place.
With the brilliance exhibited only by inspired curmudgeons, Fran Lebowitz takes on everything from conceptual popular art to mood jewelry, from self-awareness training to our pious love for the common house plant. For the perplexed urbanite, Miss Lebowitz sets down guidelines for a future populated by a more appealing breed of children; cites the cause of heterosexuality as overcrowding in artist's colonies; and reports on the New York Olympics with gold medals in party going, dry-cleaning and press agentry. ... Metropolitan Life is the well-worth-waiting-for debut of Americas's funniest young writer"
The above text was derived from the dust jacket
This handsome copy would be a worthy addendum to your 1st editions library.
Product code: Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz, 1ST EDITION, popular 4th printing, E P Dutton, 1978