The Benefactor [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
by SONTAG, Susan
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth backstrip over black paper-covered boards; black topstain; dustjackket; 274pp.; Light offesetting inside covers, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.50) with a shade of toning to spine; light edge wear; Near Fine.
Author's first book: "The Benefactor is about a European man who looks back on his sixty-plus years and on such surrealistic adventures as selling his mistress to an Arab merchant. Despite the brilliance of isolated perceptions, the work as a whole lacks the passionate conviction of those writers (Djuna Barnes, Dostoevsky, Nietzche) who influenced it. For many readers, the work requires an interpreter to give it meaning." MAINIERO, American Women Writers, vol. 4, p.128.
Author's first book: "The Benefactor is about a European man who looks back on his sixty-plus years and on such surrealistic adventures as selling his mistress to an Arab merchant. Despite the brilliance of isolated perceptions, the work as a whole lacks the passionate conviction of those writers (Djuna Barnes, Dostoevsky, Nietzche) who influenced it. For many readers, the work requires an interpreter to give it meaning." MAINIERO, American Women Writers, vol. 4, p.128.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53801
- Title
- The Benefactor [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
- Author
- SONTAG, Susan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Fantasy - Lost Race - Science Fiction; Women;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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