Description: The Ginger Man Author: Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick) Title: The Ginger Man Publication: London: Neville Spearman, 1956 Edition: First English Edition Description: Hard Cover. Fine / Dust Jacket Included. First UK edition (and first hardcover edition), first printing. Publisher's blue cloth, with spine lettered in black; in its original blue pictorial dust jacket, with black and orange illustration of a lounging Sebastian Dangerfield, lettered in orange. Fine, with just a touch of toning to foot of spine, and a tiny bump to right edge of front board; fine unclipped dust jacket, with a hint of fading to spine. Overall, a pristine copy. The titular "ginger man" of J. P. Donleavy's classic debut novel is Sebastian Dangerfield, a young and charismatic man studying law at Dublin University, who lives with his wife and infant in an eerie, ramshackle house on a cliff. The book follows Sebastian on his comic misadventures, as he engages in messy affairs and drinks himself into oblivion. The book is told in a picaresque style, in the vein of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones (1749) and Laurence Stern's Tristram Shandy (1759), with stream-of-conscious prose that often verges on poetry. The book was originally published in softcover by the Paris-based Olympia Press, which published other famously controversial books like Nabokov's Lolita (1955) and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959). Donleavy was enraged at Olympia Press for publishing the novel under their "pornographic" imprint, the Traveller's Companion series, and became embroiled in a twenty-year legal battle with Olympia Press's publisher, Maurice Girodias, which culminated in Donleavy purchasing Olympia Press at auction after Girodias declared bankruptcy. This first UK edition of The Ginger Man was published one year after the true first edition, with the text expurgated to comply with British standards. Seller ID: JPD001 B & B Rare Books, Ltd. Joshua Mann and Sunday Steinkirchner have been buying and selling books in New York City since 2003. They founded B & B from diverse academic backgrounds and their shared love of literature. We buy and sell 19-20th Century American & British Literature, Modern First Editions, Poetry, Children's Literature, Signed & Inscribed Books. Book Appraisals, Book Binding & Repair. Whether you're collecting within a specific genre, time period, author, or decorating your home, we offer custom services to build your home library. We buy individual books, collections, and libraries. Contact us if you have books to sell or need an appraisal, or about book binding and repair. Terms We ship with FedEx, UPS, and USPS. Standard mail within the US is FedEx Ground. Overnight shipping, 2-day shipping, and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. Orders are processed and shipped within 2 business days. Same day processing and shipping are available for rush orders (please note on your order or call us.) All items are shipped fully insured at no additional charge. We offer complimentary gift wrapping, gift bags, and tote bags. Please contact us if you have any specific requests. We look forward to making your gift extra special. All items are guaranteed to be as described. Any item may be returned for a full refund within 14 days of receipt and in the same condition as originally sent. Please contact us to initiate a return.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 1750 USD
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Author: Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick
Publisher: London: Neville Spearman
Year Printed: 1956
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
