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The Ginger Man: A Play; With an Introduction by the Author: What They Did in Dublin
by Donleavy, J.P
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First edition of The Ginger Man: A Play by J.P. Donleavy.. Octavo, 156pp. Green cloth spine, tan boards, title in black on spine. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, top edge dyed black, appears unread, a fine example. In publisher's price-clipped dust jacket, faint shelf wear and staining on bottom edge, a very good example. The Ginger Man by J.P. Donleavy was first published in Paris in 1955. It was originally banned in the United States because of obscenity, but eventually found an audience. The Modern Library declared it one of the best 100 novels of the 20th century.
Synopsis
Feckless, unwashed, charming, penurious Sebastian Balfe Dangerfield, Trinity College Law student, Irish American with an English Accent, maroon in the ould country and dreaming of dollars and ready women, stumbles from the public house to the pawnbrokers, murmuring delusive enticements in the ear of any girl who'll listen, in delirious search of freedom, wealth, and the recognition he feels is his due. Lyrical and ribald, illuminating, poignant and hugely entertaining, The Ginger Man is a work of authentic comic genius.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12191
- Title
- The Ginger Man: A Play; With an Introduction by the Author: What They Did in Dublin
- Author
- Donleavy, J.P
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Ginger Man: A Play by J.P. Donleavy.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- first edition JP Donleavy, JP Donleavy, signed book The Ginger Man, limited edition The Ginger Man, a fairy tale of new york, the lady who liked to clean restrooms
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