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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
First-edition hardcover of David Sedaris's sixth book, an essay collection published by Little, Brown and Company in June 2008.
Versions & editions
The 2008 Little, Brown and Company first-edition hardcover[3]
United States · English · supported
Evidence reviewed
Context, dates & evidence notes
- Evidence observed
- 2026-09-13
- Known applicable from
- 2008-06-03
- Pack
- hardcover
Bibliographic description of the edition this barcode carries, from the Library of Congress record, the Open Library edition record, Wikipedia's infobox and the Amazon.com product details. No copy was in hand.
Specifications
- Collation
- viii, 323 p. ; 22 cm (disputed)[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: viii, 323 p. ; 22 cm
disputed · printed
Library of Congress extent; Open Library and Wikipedia give 323 pages, Amazon.com a print length of 336 pages.
- Height
- ≈22 cm[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 22 cm cm
known · normalized
Catalogue height from the collation.
- Place of publication
- New York[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: New York
known · printed
Imprint statement of the Library of Congress record.
- LCCN
- 2007049021[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 2007049021
known · printed
Library of Congress control number.
- OCLC number
- 183392234[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 183392234
known · printed
Wikipedia's infobox gives the same number.
- Library of Congress classification
- PS3569.E314 W48 2008[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: PS3569.E314 W48 2008
known · printed
Open Library also carries PS3569.E314I53 2008.
- Dewey Decimal classification
- 814/.54[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 814/.54
known · printed
Edition 22.
- Contents
- It's catching -- Keeping up -- The understudy -- This old house -- Buddy, can you spare a tie? -- Road trips -- What I learned -- That's amore -- The monster mash -- In the waiting room -- Solution to Saturday's puzzle -- Adult figures charging toward a concrete toadstool -- Memento mori -- All the beauty you will ever need -- Town and country -- Aerial -- The man in the hut -- Of mice and men -- April in Paris -- Crybaby -- Old Faithful -- The smoking section[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: It's catching -- Keeping up -- The understudy -- This old house -- Buddy, can you spare a tie? -- Road trips -- What I learned -- That's amore -- The monster mash -- In the waiting room -- Solution to Saturday's puzzle -- Adult figures charging toward a concrete toadstool -- Memento mori -- All the beauty you will ever need -- Town and country -- Aerial -- The man in the hut -- Of mice and men -- April in Paris -- Crybaby -- Old Faithful -- The smoking section
known · printed
Contents note of the Library of Congress record, 22 essays; Wikipedia lists the same titles in the same order.
- Dimensions
- ≈5.75 x 1.13 x 8.63 inches[1]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 5.75 x 1.13 x 8.63 inches
known · printed
Width x thickness x height as the retailer states them.
- Item weight
- ≈15.9 ounces[1]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 15.9 ounces
known · printed
As the retailer states it.
- Mass
- ≈451 g[1]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 451 g
known · calculated
15.9 ounces converted to grams.
Credits
Book facts
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- Category
- Textual/Printed/Reference Materials, Textual/Printed/Reference Materials, Books, Printed Books/Compositions
- Pack
- hardcover
- Sold in
- 🇺🇸 United States[1]
- Authors
- David Sedaris
- Imprint
- Little, Brown and Company
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- hardback
- Pages
- 323
- Language
- en
- Published
- 2008-06-03
- ISBN-10
- 0316143472
About this product
When You Are Engulfed in Flames is a collection of essays by the American humorist David Sedaris, his sixth book, published by Little, Brown and Company on 3 June 2008.[2] This barcode is the first-edition hardcover of 323 pages, published in New York.[3][4] Its 22 essays run from making coffee when the water is shut off to buying a human skeleton, and close with "The Smoking Section", on moving to Japan to quit smoking.[2] Chip Kidd designed the cover around Vincent van Gogh's early painting Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette.[2] Little, Brown printed a first run of 100,000 copies, and the book topped The New York Times Best Seller list for eight weeks.[2] Little, Brown has been a division of Hachette Book Group since 2006.[5]
More about this product
The 2006-2013 Barcodepedia recorded this barcode from Amazon data as "When You Are Engulfed in Flames, written by David Sedaris and published by Little, Brown and Company", with the publisher's blurb and the table of contents; the barcode has been on the wanted list since that site closed.[6]
Where it's sold
🇺🇸 United States
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- Listing observed
Amazon.com listing prints ISBN-13 978-0316143479 and ISBN-10 0316143472 with format Hardcover; offers start "from $1.26" but the offer condition was not read, so no price is recorded.
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Amazon.com
Amazon.com listing for ISBN 978-0-316-14347-9
retailer · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [1] ↗Library of Congress
Library of Congress catalogue record for LCCN 2007049021
registry · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [3] ↗Coverage & research gaps (6)
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- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Book details: 6 / 6 · Profile fields recorded: authors, publisher, language, binding, pages, published. Missing fields may require research or an applicability note.
- Context: 1 / 1 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 1 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- Specifications: 2 / 11 · Recorded specifications mapped to comparable property keys
- identity · disputed: The Library of Congress, Open Library and Wikipedia give 323 pages (collation viii, 323 p.); Amazon.com gives a print length of 336 pages, probably counting the front matter. The Book section follows the catalogue figure.
- markets · not_researched: Only the United States is evidenced. British editions of the work appeared under other ISBNs (Little, Brown Book Group, Abacus), so a UK listing is not evidence for this barcode.
- identity · unknown: Whether the hardcover is still in print was not established: the Hachette Book Group title URL now redirects to the site root, and Amazon.com offers start at a used-copy level price. Status is left unset.
- images · unknown: No cover photograph under a licence that allows reuse was found. Open Library holds a cover scan (id 8345798) whose rights are not stated.
- images · not_researched: No product photographs recorded.
- schema · schema_gap: Some specifications retain source labels without comparable property keys.
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References
- ↑ Amazon.com listing for ISBN 978-0-316-14347-9 Amazon.com. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 0316143472. Product details.
- ↑ When You Are Engulfed in Flames Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. Lead, infobox, Cover art, Contents. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
- ↑ Library of Congress catalogue record for LCCN 2007049021 Library of Congress. registry. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 2007049021. originInfo, physicalDescription, tableOfContents, identifiers.
- ↑ Open Library edition OL16480629M: When You Are Engulfed In Flames Open Library. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: OL16480629M. publishers, publish_date, physical_format, pagination, lccn, oclc_numbers. CC0. Open Library. Upstream: Library of Congress MARC records.
- ↑ Little, Brown and Company Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. Lead, History. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
- ↑ The 2006-2013 Barcodepedia page for this barcode, archived 2008-11-23 Internet Archive. other. Published 2008-11-23. Accessed 2026-09-13.
- ↑ Open Library work OL2693090W: the editions of When You Are Engulfed in Flames Open Library. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: OL2693090W. CC0. Open Library.
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- Hachette Book Group Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. Lead, History. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
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