Fight Club

New York: W.W. Norton (1996). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 208 pp. Original quarter maroon cloth over charcoal paper-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($21.00) dust-jacket. Mild rubbing, surface scratches and edge wear, particular to front panel and corners. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light curling to spine ends. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia. Inspired by his doctor's exasperated remark that insomnia is not suffering, the protagonist finds relief by impersonating a seriously ill person in several support groups. Then he meets a mysterious man named Tyler Durden and establishes an underground fighting club as radical psychotherapy. In 1999, director David Fincher adapted the novel into a film of the same name, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. The film acquired a cult following despite underperforming financially.”