San Francisco: McSweeney's Books, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Volumes I-VI with black cloth spines over brown cloth boards; MC volume in full black cloth. Spines lettered in gilt; in publisher's slipcase, with gilt lettering and publisher's device. Book spines show light spots, Vol. VI is bumped, contents are unmarked and bindings sound. Slipcase is split along a couple of seams, with old tape reinforcements to all edges. Vols. I-VI, plus "MC" volume containing annotated content, "The Moral Calculus," Index, Annexes, Sources Cited. A seven-volume essay on violence, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. "A single-volume condensed version was published at the end of the year by Ecco Press, an abridgment Vollmann explained by saying, "I did it for the money"." - Wikipedia.
