Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1977. First Edition of this translation. Handsome edition of Fowles's translation of Claire de Durfort's 1824 novel. In his introduction, Fowles explains how the acquisition and reading of a badly foxed copy in a London bookshop inspired his third novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969). The..... More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1959. First American Edition. The most limited state of Robbe-Grillet's fourth novel, first published as La Jalousie by Éditions de Minuit in 1957. Set on a banana plantation in a foreign country, the novel is centered around the unnamed narrator, his wife (referred to only..... More
Zürich: Humanitas Verlag, 1940. First German Edition. Association copy of Steinbeck's most enduring novel, narrating the long and enduring struggle of the Joad family to find some measure of happiness, and some thread of human dignity, during their move west from Oklahoma to California. "A naturalistic and detailed picture of..... More