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Millhauser, Steven : Martin Dressler: The Tale Of An American Dreamer

Crown Publishers, Inc., New York City, NY, 1996

ISBN 051770319X

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 293 pages. The author's breakthrough third novel. One of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Easton Press Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Steven Millhauser's "Martin Dressler: The Tale of An American Dreamer". Gatsby-esque story for our time. The story of the eponymous developer whose ill-fated dream is to build the largest hotel in the world, "Martin Dressler" will probably be regarded as the quintessential fictional account of the most defining and enduring American myth, the American Dream. Millhauser's body of work has fantastical elements that he deploys "with marvelous subtlety to reimagine and redefine the experience of apprehending reality. He focuses on the tricky juncture between cerebral flight and workaday experience" (San Francisco Chronicle). "The Roman god of dreams and the American impresario of spectacle are his soulmates, just as his literary models range from Edgar Allan Poe to Gabriel Garcia Marquez" (Newsday). Published to enormous critical and popular acclaim, the novel single-handedly revived interest in Steven Millhauser's quixotic, singular, and beautiful body of work, and brought his out-of-print novels and short story collections back into print. Surely the reclusive Millhauser found the life-changing success of "Martin Dressler" profoundly ironic: It is his very own American Dream, fulfilled beyond his wildest imagination as a writer. An absolute "must-have" title for Steven Millhauser collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Steven Millhauser. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online are the Easton Press Edition, which does not have the same collectible value even if signed. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for "Martin Dressler: The Tale of An American Dreamer". One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER STEVEN MILLHAUSER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 051770319X.

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