8vo. [12], 508pp. Original publisher's red cloth-backed black paper boards, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. A fine copy. Inscribed by the author to title page: 'New York. 17 May 02 / For Kenneth Baker'. With Frazen's distinctive signature beneath.

The first edition of Jonathan Franzen's (b. 1959) second published novel, inscribed by the author to British Conservative politician Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking (b. 1934).