The Last Gentleman

Percy, Walker

Published by Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1966

About this Item

Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1966. Book Club Edition of the First Edition. This appears to be a book club edition in a regular edition dust jacket with the original price of $5.95 on the front flap. The book club elements are as follows: (1) full black binding instead of green quarter cloth to gray-black boards; (2) 393 pages instead of 409 pages; (3) gutter code on page 393 ("H28" signifying that it was printed in the second week of July, 1966, shortly after the first regular printing of June 15, 1966); (4) no printing information on copyright page. Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with a bright turquoise topstain and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full charcoal gray cloth with concentric circles blindstamped to front board, bright silver title, etc., to spine, unmarked endpapers, and all corners square, with light wear to tips and head and heel of spine. The Dust jacket is bright and intact with a photograph of the author by Lee Friedlander on the back panel, the original price ($5.95) on the front flap, and with light wear at edges and folds reinforced with archival materials from behind. See photos. 393 pages. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". With perhaps more than a mere nod to Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, the novel deals with tensions - racial, religious (Catholicism vs. Baptist), political (Old South vs. Modern America), and how to cope with them. The protagonist is trapped between the present and the past. Seller Inventory # 000591

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Last Gentleman

Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: Book Club Edition