The Recognitions
by Gaddis, William
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. Nice copy. This book named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best novels in that last 100 years. Scarce in any form on the market. Black cloth with gold printing on spine. Unmarked, tight and square. Bookclub's small blindstamp (a square) at bottom edge of rear board. Jacket has shallow chip at head of spine and light edgewear at base of spine. Tiny chip at top of front fold. Narrow chip at rear fold near top. No other issues. All colors bright and strong with no fade to red on spine. Perhaps fathered the PostModernist movement with this book. Influenced Thomas Pynchon and David Foster Wallace. In mylar. . Book Club. Hardccover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Recognitions is a 1955 novel by American William Gaddis. It is widely praised, and also known for its complexity. The novel was poorly received initially, but Gaddis's reputation grew, twenty years later, with the publication of his second novel J R (which won a National Book Award), and The Recognitions received belated fame; it is usually placed at least on a par with the later novel. Time Magazine included The Recognitions in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.
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Details
- Seller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 018124
- Title
- The Recognitions
- Author
- Gaddis, William
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Book Club
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Classic Author's;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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