Giles Goat-Boy - or - The Revised New Sykkabus
by Barth, John
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good unmarked, cover creases & dings.
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Fawcett Crest Books, Aug 1967. 1st printing. MM paperback in glossy white illus wraps.. Good unmarked, cover creases & dings. . Gothic fun-house fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex. Clean tight reading copy.
766 pp.
766 pp.
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
- edburynbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39867
- Title
- Giles Goat-Boy - or - The Revised New Sykkabus
- Author
- Barth, John
- Format/Binding
- MM paperback in glossy white illus wraps.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good unmarked, cover creases & dings.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Fawcett Crest Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- Aug 1967
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About the Seller
edburynbooks
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Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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- Reading Copy
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.