Professor by Hal Porter (11 results)

Condition: Good. 1966. First Edition. 143 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's blind stamp to title page. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends with moderate fraying. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing. …

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover in very good condition, with good jacket. Jacket and page block are marked and tanned. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn, creased and nicked. Minor fading on hardcover. Previous owner's name penned on FEP. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW. Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. Jacket is worn with light creases at the edges. Light grey marks on top and bottom of pageblock. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/vg hardback in vg dustwrapper.76/43.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 143 pp Appears unread but with bookseller's rubber stamp on the free end-papers. Fine copy in a jacket with minuscule wear to the extremities. Priced at 21s. on the inner flap.

143pp. 8vo. Original cloth. Previous owner's name, a very good copy in the dustwrapper. A play set in Japan. Becoming scarce.

Hardback. Hal Porter, Faber and Faber. Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA darkly comic Australian novel, The Professor chronicles the life of an aging, self-important academic whose carefully constructed sense of superiority begins to unravel against the backdrop of mid-twentieth-century society. Hal Porter, celebrated for his sharp, ornate prose and unflinching psychological insight, presents a portrait of vanity and self-delusion with biting wit and precision. The narrative illustrates how the professor's inflated ego and brittle worldview collide with the indifference of those around him, exposing the fragility beneath his pompous exterior. Porter's characteristically rich and layered style transforms what might seem a simple character study into a penetrating examination of intellectual pretension and the loneliness it breeds. Hardback.…

143pp. 8vo. Original cloth. A near fine copy in the dustwrapper. A play set in Japan. Becoming scarce.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 143pp, Bookplate on front paste-down o/w a very nice copy in nice price-clipped dust jacket.

London: Faber and Faber 1966. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. 144pp. 1st ed. Fine.