Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Cape Doctor by E. J. Levy in a new archival wrap.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on the straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
E. J. Levy’s enthralling novel, inspired by the life of Dr. James Miranda Barry, brings this captivating character vividly alive. Beginning in Cork, Ireland, the novel recounts Jonathan Mirandus Perry’s journey from daughter to son in order to enter medical school and provide for family, but Perry soon embraced the new-found freedom of living life as a man.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
