Genet Jean Author (16 results)

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Revised Edition. 96 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Pen markings throughout book. Light foxing on page edges. Creased spine. Martha Swope (Cover Photo) (illustrator).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Revised Edition: 1966. 96 pp. Solidly bound copy with clean text and moderate use. Minimal external wear. Martha Swope (Cover Photo) (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Staple bound paperback (25 pages) in good condition. Covers are scuffed and sunned. Edges and corners are bumped and rubbed. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Copyright 1966. 344 pp. Tightly bound copy and dust jacket with minimal internal and external wear and use. Clean text on crisp and bright pages. Dust jacket suffers minor wear around places. Kuhlman Associates (Jacket Design); Jerry Bauer (Jacket Photo) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 128 pages. Published in 2020. Retrospective collection of uncollected essays. One of Jean Genet's finest achievements. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent printings, of which there are many. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. There is NO equivalent edition in the French original. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents, in its First Edition format, Jean Genet's "The Criminal Child: Selected Essays". His greatest essays in one compact volume, brilliantly translated. "In 1949, in the midst of a national debate about improving the French reform-school system, Radio Diffusion Francaise commissioned Genet to write about his experience as a juvenile delinquent. He sent back a piece that was a paean to prison instead of the expected horrifying expose. Revisiting the cruel hazing rituals that had accompanied his incarceration, relishing the special argot spoken behind bars, Genet bitterly denounced any improvement in the condition of young prisoners as a threat to their souls. The radio station chose not to broadcast Genet's views" (Publisher's blurb). That is so funny, a characteristically "up yours" gesture from the incorrigible Genet. The Essay on the great artist Alberto Giacometti is the longest and most important piece in the book, hailed when it was first published by such figures as Pablo Picasso as the best piece ever written on Giacometti. An absolute "must-have" title for Jean Genet collectors. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Edition/First Printing (full number line on the Copyright Page) available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws and are subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alterrnative. A scarce copy thus. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JEAN GENET TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1681373610.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first American edition. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($7.50) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Slight spine slant, and very faint foxing on edges. Tiny chips on jacket extremities (as pictured) on an otherwise very nice copy. Translated from the French by Frechtman. F-1800.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback in good condition. The Traveller's Companion Series, No. 78. Covers are marked and worn, and edges and corners are bumped and rubbed. Page block is tanned and blemished, and previous owner's name penned to inside front cover. Semi hinge breaks at pages 128 and 144, however binding remains sound, and pages are clear throughout. LW. Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. German language. 5.28x1.26x8.03 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition UK. First UK edition hardcover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is scuffed, and edges are creased and worn, with a small tear at the upper edge of the front inner flap. Board spine head is bumped, and page block is lightly blemished. Binding is sound and pages are clean. LW. Used.…

Saddle-stitched. Pirated, Limited Edition #78/300. Octavo, unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition. Red construction paper wraps have mild tearing along top staple of staple binding, moderate sun-fading along spine and head edges, and moderate brown staining along head edge of front and rear covers. Shelved in Room B. 1395321. Special Collections.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 164 pages. French language. 6.69x0.47x8.66 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Condition: New. (inventory#Shelf).