DONLEAVY, J.P. [James Patrick]

The Ginger Man [Signed bookplate laid-in]

New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1958. Revised Edition. First Printing. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid-in. Octavo (21cm); black cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the spine; red topstain; dustjacket by Alfred Manso; 327pp.; mild sunning to the edges of endpapers; topstain slightly faded near spine; spine ends gently nudged; about Near Fine. The red dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95) with nicks and short tears to the extremities; spine faded; Very Good+.

"The Ginger Man is a tour de force- funny and amoral. Its hero Sebastian Dangerfield, lives in Dublin, always on the margin of survival, drinking, cheating [and] seducing women." (from the dustjacket).

Price: $100.00

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