The Opoponax
by Monique Wittig
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine, lightly soiled and edge worn. Very Good jacket bears some soiling and rubbing and light edgewear.
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. First American Edition. First printing, stated. Hardcover [octavo] in printed dust jacket. Black paper boards backed in black cloth with orange lettering to spine. 256 pp. Near Fine, lightly soiled and edge worn. Very Good jacket bears some soiling and rubbing and light edgewear.. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. First American Edition of Wittig's debut novel, which was published in France two years prior to resounding critical acclaim from the likes of Duras, Robbe-Grillet, and Mary McCarthy. Wittig went on to become a major voice in radical lesbian feminism, which she explored through fiction and theory alike.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1602
- Title
- The Opoponax
- Author
- Monique Wittig
- Illustrator
- Jacket design by Janet Halverson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover [octavo] in printed dust jacket. Black paper boards backed in black cloth with orange lettering to spine. 256 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine, lightly soiled and edge worn. Very Good jacket bears some soiling and rubbing and light edgewear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition. First printing, stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
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Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....