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UNDER THE VOLCANO - Custom Clamshell Case Only. (NO BOOK INCLUDED)
by Lowry, Malcolm
- Used
- Condition
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. Malcom Lowry. UNDER THE VOLCANO Custom Clamshell Case Only. Reynal & Hitchcock. New York: [1947, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Elegant Black Nuba & fine Red cloth, Custom Gilt-Stamped Titles to spine. Embossed [sculpted] design of a volcano on the side. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition. Other King Clamshells available.
A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Collection.
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When you place your order:
Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests.
Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size c.
A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Collection.
"Books definitely NOT included"
When you place your order:
Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests.
Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size c.
Synopsis
Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano tells the story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac, on the Day of the Dead in 1938. The novel was precipitated by a short story he wrote after a trip to Mexico with his wife. The story was expanded into a novel completed in 1940, but was rejected and then revised multiple times before finally getting published in 1947. Under the Volcano thoroughly demonstrates Lowry’s highly stylistic writing choices. Drawing heavily upon autobiographical material (Lowry himself was well-known to be an alcoholic), the author amplifies the complexity of the story with unexpected narrative shifts and allusive layers of symbolism. In fact, the complexity of Under the Volcano has been compared with James Joyce’s stylistic masterpiece, Ulysses. The novel was out of print by the time Lowry died of alcoholism in 1957, yet is critically acclaimed today. The Modern Library ranked Under the Volcano eleventh on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. TIME included the book in its list of 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present. In 1984, John Huston directed a film adaptation of Under the Volcano. It received Oscar nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Original Score.
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- Bookseller
- TBCL The Book Collection Library
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33103
- Title
- UNDER THE VOLCANO - Custom Clamshell Case Only. (NO BOOK INCLUDED)
- Author
- Lowry, Malcolm
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Reynal & Hitchcock
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- FEATURE CLAMSHELL, Modern Literature
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