Author: John Fowles
Title: The Magus
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodern novel, reviewed by the Sunday Times as a 'deliciously toothsome celebration of wanton story-telling&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work in the vibrant publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper, illustrated by Tom Adams.'The Magus' is John Fowles's postmodern novel about Nicholas Urfe, a young man who is teaching English on a small Greek island and becomes embroiled in the psychological illusions of a master trickster.Considered an example of metafiction, this was Fowles first written novel, but his third to be published. In 1977 he published a revised edition.A wonderful first edition from Fowles, the renowned British novelist of works positioned between modernism and postmodernism, best known for 'A Maggot', 'The French Lieutenant's Woman', and 'The Collector&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Minor mark to head of front joint, otherwise externally fine. Minor chipping to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with small tape repair to reverse of back strip head. Closed tears to tail of back strip over joints. Rubbing to dust wrapper folds over joints, resulting in some losses of colour. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
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Title: The Magus
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodern novel, reviewed by the Sunday Times as a 'deliciously toothsome celebration of wanton story-telling&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work in the vibrant publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper, illustrated by Tom Adams.'The Magus' is John Fowles's postmodern novel about Nicholas Urfe, a young man who is teaching English on a small Greek island and becomes embroiled in the psychological illusions of a master trickster.Considered an example of metafiction, this was Fowles first written novel, but his third to be published. In 1977 he published a revised edition.A wonderful first edition from Fowles, the renowned British novelist of works positioned between modernism and postmodernism, best known for 'A Maggot', 'The French Lieutenant's Woman', and 'The Collector&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Minor mark to head of front joint, otherwise externally fine. Minor chipping to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with small tape repair to reverse of back strip head. Closed tears to tail of back strip over joints. Rubbing to dust wrapper folds over joints, resulting in some losses of colour. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: john fowles the french lieutenant's woman metafiction postmodernism the french lieutenant's woman None
Price: GBP 285.00 = appr. US$ 406.98 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 854F21
- Book number: 854F21
See more books from our catalog: Modern Fiction