Squared Away: A Doonesbury Book (Volume 34) by G. B. Trudeau (2013 1st Edition Hardcover in Dust Jacket) • Cartoonist: Garry B. Trudeau • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC Kansas City, MO U.S.A. 2013 This all-color volume celebrates the marriage of Alex and Toggle, an event which optimistically confirms that life, like Doonesbury, rolls on. Indeed, it is remarkable that the strip has so embraced and occupied its era that three generations of one family have married within its panels. Gathering their kith and kin around them at Walden, the wise but wounded soldier-artist and the brilliant but insecure techhead make a promising team for the years ahead, well-rounded yet squared away. Doonesbury’s fifth decade finds the largest rep company in the history of comic strips fully and widely engaged. Like so many flesh-and-blood fellow citizens, key characters now struggle with dramatic career change and job stress. And the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to reverberate through the lives of others, as the strip illuminates their experiences with an attentiveness unparalleled in popular culture. Amid the relentless unfolding of unexpected storylines, the strip’s second and third generation characters increasingly take center stage, and the youngest regular, Sam, comes of age—literally in the blink of an eye—as the newlyweds prepare to welcome twins. 240pp. G. B. Trudeau has been drawing his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip for more than forty years. (Trudeau won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1975, making him the first comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer.) In addition to cartooning, Trudeau has worked in theater, film, and television. He also has been a contributing columnist for the New York Times op-ed page and later an essayist for Time magazine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts Sciences. He lives in New York City with his wife, Jane Pauley. They have three grown children. Hardcover with laminated paper illustrated boards in a dust jacket with same illustration. Shelf wear no different than found in bookstore display. No ownership or any other markings. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked. As New. Size: 8vo – over 7 - 9” tall, 240pp. Condition: Fine (As New) Hardcover in Fine (As New) Dust Jacket – 1st Edition. Always privately owned. No Ownership markings. Copyright 2013. Printed in China. Print line indicates this copy from 1st printing in 2013, true 1st Edition thus established. ISBN: 978-1-4494-3058-0. LCCN: 2013938702. MSR = US $25.00. Notes on Condition/Edition ratings: Fine – means like new, but any book produced over 10 years ago isn't “brand new” or even “new.” Using the same term as coin collectors, “can’t guarantee it is uncirculated, but it looks very much like it could be.” Booksellers need similar grading to describe this... Like New – A new book, no marks no damage (except maybe remainder marks or shelf-wear) except not obtained directly from the publisher or in packaging from the publisher. Same sort of thing about grading as Fine above except generally used for newer publication dates for titles still in print. Good – How someone else might take care of a book. Also referred to as “standard.” This is the most likely condition for books of this age title, shows the book has been read or previously owned. Acceptable – How a young child, student or a librarian might take care of a book. (Either trying to make sure someone doesn't steal it by plastering ownership everywhere, filled it with copious notes or a book that has been damaged.) Poor – Combination of “acceptable” factors above. Most likely with water damage as well. Might have missing pages (you should ask). Usually requires repair to be usable. Near – Means “almost” in an optimistic sense. e.g., “Near Fine” means very good, but on the high end. 1st Thus – Unique somehow, maybe 1st paperback, new illustrator, misprint or even the 1st edition. A collector might desire this copy for their collection. Thanks for looking!