Ginger Man Introduction Arland Ussher by Donleavy (7 results)

Neville Spearman. London. 1959. Third impression of first edition. Hardback in DW. Pages lightly browned, head and tail of spine faded otherwise a clean and sound copy in a worn, creased wrapper that lacks portions to head and tail of spine and corners, internally repaired to lower part of where front flap meets front cover and is soiled to rear panel.

1st UK Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical descriptionxi, 292 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) Students ; Fiction. Irish Americans ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. First Edition of revised edition. 327pp. Very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight / chipped and torn dust jacket protected by brodart wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Revised Edition. First Printing. Originally published in 1955 by the Olympis Press under its Traveller's Companion small green paper format, this is the Revised Trade Edition of 1958. Book is About Fine in jet black cloth, red topstaIn. The light grey endpapers are faded at edges (as typically). Dustwrapper is Very Good, not price-clipped, with mild edgewear and three small chips. 327pp. A "notorious" worldwide bestseller, banned for obscenity. Q21344.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First American Edition, 1st Printing. 8vo (5 5/8" x 8 1/2"), black cloth with silver lettering on spine and blind-stamped jester on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped with original "$3.95" price) depicting a Medieval Jester in maroon colors, red topstain, gray endpapers, xvi, [xvii-xviii] + 327 pages + [2] About the Author. A literary HIGH SPOT in VERY GOOD overall CONDITION in a colorful jacket with slight shelf wear, some soil on back panel and a red streak, with some minor chipping to head and tail of spine. Corners slightly bumped. The novel is set in Dublin during 1947. It deals with the drunken and sexual encounters of a married law student attending Trinity college, who is married and has a daughter. The sexually explicit quasi-autobiographical novel was immediately banned in Ireland and America due to supposed "obscenity." Nevertheless, Irish-American author Donleavy's humorous rogue Sebastian Dangerfield has joined the canon of the best 20th century literature. It also has become a cult classic selling millions of copies. The first edition was publshed in Paris during 1955 by Maurice Girodias's Olympia Press. This is the First American Edition (stated First Printing), "Revised" from the issues by Olympia Press and Neville Spearman, but not yet the text Donleavy wanted. The Ginger Man was named one of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century by the Modern Library in 1998. Donleavy, born 1926, who died in September of 2017 at age 91, also wrote The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B, The Onion Eaters, A Singular Man, and The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms. He was also an accomplished artist.

Neville Spearman, London. 1956. First edition. Hardback with DW. Wrapper rubbed to edges and a little browned. Edges of boards also slightly browned. Overall a nice clean and sound copy.

[Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. The Traveller's Companion Series, n° 7. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.353 [5]. Publisher's green card covers. Trivial wear, bump to top corners else a fine, fresh copy of this important book. The Irish American playwright's first novel, being the carnal misadventures of undergraduate Sebastian Dangerfield. The controversial text was first published by the libertine Olympia Press and was banned both in Ireland and the United States on the grounds of obscenity. It has since sold 45 million copies world-wide and has never been out of print.