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A MAN IN THE ZOO
by GARNETT, David
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- first
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1924. First edition.
Octavo. Plum and black cloth, paper spine label. T.e.g. Wood-engraved tile page vignette, dust jacket, and text illustrations by R. A. Garnett, the author's first wife. Very good, off-setting to endsheets, the book label of collector William Beekman, whose stunning Hogarth Press / Virginia Woolf collection forms part of the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library; the printed and decorated dust jacket is darkened on the spine, insignificant chips at head and toe of spine, small rumple at bank panel lower edge. A list of the "Recent Important Publications" of the publisher appears on the rear panel.
First edition, later impression. A Man in the Zoo invites readers to reflect on the boundaries of identity, the sacrifices made for love, and the impact of societal expectations on individual lives. Withal, a charming book.
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Synopsis
David Garnett was born in Brighton in 1892. He worked in publishing for many years and was a literary editor of the New Statesman . He was made a CBE in 1952. He died in 1981.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 567
- Title
- A MAN IN THE ZOO
- Author
- GARNETT, David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Bloomsbury, Beekman, first edition, romantic triangles,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Wind Books LLC
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New Haven, Connecticut
About Second Wind Books LLC
Second Wind Books is committed to offering important British and American first editions in the Modernist vein, with an emphasis on books about books, books by and about women and adjacent admirers. Literature, poetry, small and fine press, letters and manuscripts, original artwork, photographs, are what interests us most. Our founder began bookselling under the tutelage of a truly great bookman in 2006, and is now offering that learned expertise in her own shop. Interested in offers of literature from 1900 to 1950, either for sale or to evaluate.
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- Cloth
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- Spine Label
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- Vignette
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- Jacket
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- First Edition
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