The Supermale by JARRY, Alfred - 1970

Jonathan Cape, London, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. White coloured paperback binding with olive coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with olive and white coloured titles to the front panel and Olive coloured titles to the back strip. First published in 1902, and is the author's last work. Set (for then) in the near future of the 1920s, it revolves around a race between a train and a team of cyclists – being fed on perpetual motion food and the exploits of a 'supermale' whose seats of endurance and sexual athleticism are prodigious. Sunning to the edges of the book and to the back strip. Very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and pages with handling marks also present. Marks to the front panel First edition in this format. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 7 - 126, [2] pages,. Dust Jacket… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very Good. 126pp. Features a superhuman bicycle race in which the hero is propelled by perpetual motion food (alcohol). From the library of Patrick J. Kearney.