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John Fowles - A Maggot

Title: A Maggot
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely signed first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by Fowles to the title page. 'A Maggot' was John Fowles's sixth major novel, a postmodern work told both through an objective narrative and through letters, interviews, and facsimile pages from contemporary eighteenth century issues of 'The Gentleman's Magazine&apos.A wonderful signed work by Fowles, the renowned British novelist of works positioned between modernism and postmodernism, best known for 'The Magus', 'The French Lieutenant's Woman', and 'The Collector&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Light edgewear to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: the french Lieutenant's Woman postmodernism historical fiction the collector postmodernism None

Price: GBP 150.00 = appr. US$ 214.20 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 846F30

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