Giles Goat Boy
by Barth, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Slip Cased
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Co, 1966. Signed limited edition of 250, of which this is #230 signed by author on page preceding the half title. H18 code on final page of text. Slipcase has tiny nick near back, else fine. Signed by Author. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Slip Cased. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Giles Goat-Boy (or The Revised New Syllabus of George Giles our Grand Tutor) is a 1966 novel written by John Barth. It is a satire and allegory of the American campus culture of the time. A paperback edition was issued in Garden City, N.Y. by Anchor Books in 1987 with ISBN 0-385-24086-4 . It is centered on the hero, George Giles, and his rise from farm animal to Grand Tutor of the New Tammany College. His quest is singularly to be a hero, but the tale is a multifaceted one of his becoming.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005093
- Title
- Giles Goat Boy
- Author
- Barth, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Slip Cased
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
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