The Thanatos Syndrome
by Walker Percy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Bellevue, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Tall 8vo, quarter black cloth over blue papered boards, gilt titles, 372pp. 1st trade edition (copyright page states 'A Signed First Edition has been privately printed by the Franklin Library), signed by Percy to the title page. Unclipped dust jacket (17.95), shows minor sunning to flap. Percy's final novel. A fine copy in mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heaven-Haven Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B-21
- Title
- The Thanatos Syndrome
- Author
- Walker Percy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar Strauss and Giroux
- Date Published
- 1987
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Southern Lit;
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About the Seller
Heaven-Haven Books
Biblio member since 2024
Bellevue, Kentucky
About Heaven-Haven Books
Est. 2020. Secondhand, rare & uncommon books, bought & sold. Our specialties include contemporary small press poetry, Southern & Appalachian literature, Kentuckiana, classical and modern philosophy, Catholicism and Christian theology.
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