Grendel by Gardner, John - 1972

London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. First British Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Emil Antonucci. 8vo, orange cloth with gold spine lettering, illustrated with frontispiece & intricate line drawings as chapter headings by Emil Antonucci, Mylar-protected blue dust jacket (unclipped) with illustration of Grendel's head by Antonucci, 174 pages. Gardner retold the classic Old English ["Viking"] story of Beowulf from the monster Grendel's grotesque perspective. A tour de force! John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de force! Gardner's best-known novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman asked to engage a madman fluent in classical mythology; Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the monster's point of view, with an existential subtext; and October… Read More

London:: Andre Deutsch,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0233963421 . Illustrated by Emil Antonucci. First British edition. An association copy: INSCRIBED by the author to fellow writer John L'Heureux and his wife Joan Polston L'Heureux. L'Heureux reviewed Gardner's THE ART OF FICTON for the New York Time Book Review in 1986; Gardner had also reviewed some of L'Heureux's work. Near fine in a near fine (London hotel address written on the verso of the rear flap - perhaps where the book was inscribed) dust jacket. ; 174 pages .

London:: Andre Deutsch,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0233963421 . Illustrated by Emil Antonucci. First British edition. SIGNED by the author. Upper corners very slightly bumped, else fine in a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket. An attractive, well preserved copy.; 174 pages .