Click for full-size.
DEATH OF A MAN
by BOYLE, Kay
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine.
- Seller
-
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First edition. Near fine.. Pale green cloth, stamped in silver. Ownership signature and stamp of Boyle's publisher, James Laughlin [New Directions]. Tiny Gotham Book Mart label affixed to rear pastedown (upside down, as you would expect it to be). Spine sunned, else a near fine copy that appears to be unread, without a dust jacket.
First edition. Dedicated to "Eugene Jolas because we sat in the summer of that year in the wine-cellars and the Gasthauses of that town." When this title first appeared in the 1930s, and until at least the latter part of the 1980s, it was condemned as a fascist love story featuring a sympathetic Nazi, and a lovesick American, Pendennis (who is mocked to this day).
First edition. Dedicated to "Eugene Jolas because we sat in the summer of that year in the wine-cellars and the Gasthauses of that town." When this title first appeared in the 1930s, and until at least the latter part of the 1980s, it was condemned as a fascist love story featuring a sympathetic Nazi, and a lovesick American, Pendennis (who is mocked to this day).
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306
- Title
- DEATH OF A MAN
- Author
- BOYLE, Kay
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
Terms of Sale
Second Wind Books LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Second Wind Books LLC
Biblio member since 2022
New Haven, Connecticut
About Second Wind Books LLC
Second Wind Books is committed to offering important British and American first editions in the Modernist vein, with an emphasis on books about books, books by and about women and adjacent admirers. Literature, poetry, small and fine press, letters and manuscripts, original artwork, photographs, are what interests us most. Our founder began bookselling under the tutelage of a truly great bookman in 2006, and is now offering that learned expertise in her own shop. Interested in offers of literature from 1900 to 1950, either for sale or to evaluate.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Signed Books
Why settle for an ordinary copy of your favorite book when you could have an autographed copy? Find signed books here.
Beat Poet Michael McClure
From the fateful reading at Six-Gallery in 1955 to his novels, poetry, and stage productions, Michael McClure was right in the thick of the Beat Generation as it was born. See his books and art and learn more about the works of Michael McClure.
