By John Fowles
London   Jonathan Cape
8.5" by 6" 5-490pp
An exceptionally lovely first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice.
By John Fowles

1985 A Maggot

London   Jonathan Cape
8.5" by 6" 5-490pp
An exceptionally lovely first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice.
£53.00
: 0.5kgs / : 880F49

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.

'A Maggot' was John Fowles's sixth major novel, a postmodern work told both through an objective narrative and through letters, interviews, and facsimile pages from contemporary eighteenth century issues of 'The Gentleman's Magazine'.

A wonderful work by Fowles, the renowned British novelist of works positioned between modernism and postmodernism, best known for 'The Magus', 'The French Lieutenant's Woman', and 'The Collector'.

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In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally fine. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.

Fine

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