Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional First trade paperback Edition, later printing paperback copy of A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. First Trade Paperback Edition unstated, 1987 Grove Press. Twenty-sixth Printing, with partial year/number line 00 01 30 29 28 27 26. Newer design with, $14.00 rear cover price.
The exterior of this trade paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, bright covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
After four decades, the peerless wit and indulgent absurdity of A Confederacy of Dunces continues to attract new readers. Though the manuscript was rejected by many publishers during John Kennedy Toole’s lifetime, his mother successfully published the book years after her son’s suicide, and it won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
