MOSTLY DEAD THINGS

Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books, 2019. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first edition of this bizarre story of a family of taxidermists coming to terms with the suicide of their patriarch and with their own secrets - as issued with slipcase from the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a signed and slipcased recent release, as well as one of more promotional titles (usually ARCs or like, but sometimes, advance excerpts). 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original pink boards. Original unclipped ($24.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 356 pages. With original INDIESPENSABLE booklet. Signed by Arnett to half title page. In original pink pictorial slipcase. Vibrant.