The Sot-Weed Factor
by Barth, John
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- As New
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
The Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition . Hardcover. As New. Wohlberg, Ben. Limited Edition Franklin Library. As New leather bound hardcover. FFEP signed by author, John Barth in blue ink. Red leather is lavishly decorated with gilt decorations to boards and spine. Gilding to block in pristine condition. Endsheets are of moire silk fabric with matching silk ribbon page marker. Hubbed spines. Tight binding. Sharp edges and corners of boards. Clean throughout. Included: the supplemental Notes From the Editors for the Signed Limited Editions brochure, also in as new condition. A fine copy.
Synopsis
The Sot-Weed Factor is a 1960 novel by John Barth that satirizes picaresque novels such as Tristram Shandy and Tom Jones. ("Sot-weed" is an old term for the tobacco plant. A "factor" is a middleman who buys something to resell it. ) TIME included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. The novel takes its title from a poem of the same name published in London in 1708 and signed Ebenezer Cooke.
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- Bookseller
- Biblioasis
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013856
- Title
- The Sot-Weed Factor
- Author
- Barth, John
- Illustrator
- Wohlberg, Ben
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Date Published
- 1980
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Franklin Library Limited Editions;
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- FFEP
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- Spine
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- Edges
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