The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Bantam, 1969-01-01. 5th. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 7x4x1. Vintage paperback. 1969 Bantam Edition, 9th Print. (1975). Stamp and light pencil marks on cover page. Age tanning to pages and cover. Unmarked, text appears free of highlighting, underlining and writing. Softcover book, cover shows creasing, rubbing, edge, corner and shelf wear from regular use. Binding solid. Photos are of actual book you will receive. The Sot-Weed Factor. John Barth. Ships quickly and with care.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- PorterMonkey Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0g-060624P2
- Title
- The Sot-Weed Factor
- Author
- John Barth
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Date Published
- 1969-01-01
- Size
- 7x4x1
- Weight
- 0.75 lbs
- Keywords
- john barth, sod weed, sot weed factor, national book award, award winner, the end of the road, chimera, bestsellers, vintage paperbacks, Bantam books, literature, classic,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics & Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
PorterMonkey Books
Biblio member since 2022
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
About PorterMonkey Books
PorterMonkey Books is, and always will always be, a small family-owned business. We specialize in rare, out-of-print, and hard-to-find titles. As owner, I have always viewed myself as a kind of book "matchmaker" and take great pleasure in connecting hard-to-find books with with buyers from around the world.
Please feel free to reach out if you have additional questions about a book or would like to see more photos. We ship internationally on a regular basis and enjoy connecting with buyers from around the world. Each book ships quickly and is packaged with care.
Please feel free to reach out if you have additional questions about a book or would like to see more photos. We ship internationally on a regular basis and enjoy connecting with buyers from around the world. Each book ships quickly and is packaged with care.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...