Death Kit [Signed bookplate laid-in]
by SONTAG, Susan
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967. First Edition. First Printing. Signed bookplate loosely laid-in. Octavo (21.5cm); white backstrip over black paper-covered boards, titled in black on the spine; dustjacket; 312pp.; spine ends pushed; mild foxing/soil to textblock; very faint small spot of dampstain to lower edge of first 10 pages, Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.75) with toning/light foxing; tears mostly to the rear panel with tape repairs to the verso, Very Good only.
Author's second book. "In Death Kit, Susan Sontag attempts to achieve those qualities of the nouveau-roman she has praised in her criticism; that "search for an infinite precision...narrow dehydrated subject-matter and cool microscopic style....A noble, serious try at a structuralist study of indeterminacy in an American setting, with many shrewd, startling moments, and that's about all." (Kirkus Reviews).
Author's second book. "In Death Kit, Susan Sontag attempts to achieve those qualities of the nouveau-roman she has praised in her criticism; that "search for an infinite precision...narrow dehydrated subject-matter and cool microscopic style....A noble, serious try at a structuralist study of indeterminacy in an American setting, with many shrewd, startling moments, and that's about all." (Kirkus Reviews).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54891
- Title
- Death Kit [Signed bookplate laid-in]
- Author
- SONTAG, Susan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Good+
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- Octavo
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