The Impostor by Cocteau, Jean and Dorothy Williams(Translator) - 1957

UsedGood. Hardcover first US edition, 1957. In original unclipped DJ. Jacket is heavily rubbed and torn, especially along top edge. Previous owner's bookplate pasted to front endpaper but text is clean and unmarked. Good copy.

Noonday Press. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Spine cracked. Slightly dampstained. (France, fiction)

Noonday Press. Used - Good. Good condition. (French fiction, gay, lgbtq) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York: Noonday Press. Fair with no dust jacket. 1958. Paperback. (spine has gouges at top and bottom) .

London: Peter Owen Limited, 1957. Presumed First printing thus. [Originally published in the 1920s, this is one of the Peter Owen Classics]. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Format is approximately 5 inches by 7.75 inches. 132 pages. DJ is in a plastic sleeve and has substantial wear, tears, soiling and chips. Some page discoloration. Jean Cocteau has for long been known as one of the most outstanding figures of contemporary literature. His films, his plays, his books, have won him international renown, but it is only recently that his stature as a modern novelist has been appreciated. In 1966, Children of the Game was first published in England, winning instant and wide acclaim. The Impostor is another one of his more important works. At the beginning of the war there was complete confusion: confusion which persisted until the end. For, like a fruit, the short war might have grown and dropped from the tree, whilst a war prolonged for exceptional reasons, firmly attached to the branch, went on growing, ever… Read More