Hardcover Book, Hooking Up by Tom Wolfe (not authenticated)

This is a hardcover book displaying a copyright page that identifies the title as 'Hooking Up' by author Tom Wolfe. The physical item consists of off-white paper with black printed text typical of modern publishing houses. The text visible on the page includes publishing details reading 'Farrar, Straus and Giroux' located at '19 Union Square West, New York 10003'. Further text states 'Copyright 2000 by Tom Wolfe' and 'First edition, 2000', along with Library of Congress cataloging data displaying the ISBN '0-374-10382-8'. The page also contains a note stating that a signed first edition was privately printed by the Franklin Library. The condition of the paper appears generally clean with minor toning, consistent with modern trade printings from around the year 2000. The identification of this item as a first edition relies entirely on the printed statements visible on the copyright page, which are unverified beyond what is presented in the photograph.

Based on what I can see in the provided image, this item is a hardcover trade edition of 'Hooking Up' by Tom Wolfe, displaying a copyright page indicating a first edition published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2000 with the ISBN 0-374-10382-8. I cannot verify from a photo alone whether this is an actual first printing, a later trade printing, or a modern reproduction, as copyright pages and text blocks can be duplicated. Furthermore, I cannot assess the complete physical condition of the binding, dust jacket, or interior pages beyond the single copyright page shown. Assuming the stated identification is correct and the book is in good reading condition, trade first editions of this title generally command a modest secondary market value, typically falling in the $10 to $25 range due to high initial print runs and the ongoing availability of modern fiction from this era. Demand for contemporary literary trade printings is generally soft unless the volume features a verified signature from the author. If this item were to turn out to be a later book club edition, a common reprint, or an unmarked copy in lesser condition, the value would decrease to nominal secondhand levels of $5 or less. To establish a more precise evaluation and to assess true authenticity and edition status, an in-person physical inspection by a qualified rare book specialist would be needed to examine paper stock, binding characteristics, and potential ownership provenance.