Tlooth by Harry Mathews (25 results)

paperback. Condition: Fine.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This novel begins in a Russian Prison Camp at a baseball game featuring the Defective Baptists versus the Fideists. The plot is kind of revenge surrounding a doctor who in removing a bone spur from the narrator manages to amputate a ring an index finger-the narrator was a violinist. In very good condition of a very unusual book. I have more than 215 Baseball Novels and over 2,500 Baseball Publications in stock. Discounts available when you purchase multiple items on the same order. Todd Michael Busman (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. A nice, bright copy.; American Literature; 5.54 X 0.55 X 8.48 inches; 177 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 177 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Printing, one-inch chip to jacket at top of spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First British Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo bound in cloth and boards. First Edition. 191 pp. Very Good in like jacket. Jacket is price-clipped with some edge wear and shallow chipping.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Nearly Fine. 1st Edition. The author's second novel, and the inaugural publication for Paris Review Editions. About fine with a slight erasure mark inside the front board, in a nearly fine dw with a touch of wear to the extremities.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This novel begins in a Russian prison camp at a baseball game featuring the defective Baptists versus the Fideists. There is a plot (of sorts), one of revenge surrounding a doctor who, in removing a bone spur from our narrator, manages to amputate a ring and index finger, a significant surgical error considering that the narrator is, or was, a violinist. When Dr. Roak is released from prison, our narrator escapes in order to begin the pursuit, and thus begins a digressive journey from Afghanistan to Venice, then on to India and Morocco and France. All of this takes place amid Mathews's fictional concern and play with games, puzzles, arcana, and stories within stories.…

Condition: acceptable. Book is considered to be in acceptable condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Book may have one or more of the following defects: noticeable wear on the cover dust jacket or spine; curved, dog eared or creased page s ; writing or highlighting inside or on the edges; sticker s or other adhesive on cover; CD DVD may not be included; and book may be a former library copy.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This novel begins in a Russian prison camp at a baseball game featuring the defective Baptists versus the Fideists. There is a plot (of sorts), one of revenge surrounding a doctor who, in removing a bone spur from our narrator, manages to amputate a ring and index finger, a significant surgical error considering that the narrator is, or was, a violinist. When Dr. Roak is released from prison, our narrator escapes in order to begin the pursuit, and thus begins a digressive journey from Afghanistan to Venice, then on to India and Morocco and France. All of this takes place amid Mathews's fictional concern and play with games, puzzles, arcana, and stories within stories.…

Cloth Over Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. This book has been bound in a black cloth spine, brown cloth over boards. There is no corner bumping of this book. Light wear at the head and foot of the spine. Faint mark on the upper edge of the text block. Text is very clean and tight in it's binding. Date inked small on back end paper. The Dust Jacket is unclipped with some edge wear. Especially on the upper edge. Chip on upper edge of the flap hinge. DJ spine section is missing 1/8th from head and foot. We have placed it in a protective cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. A Fine hardcover copy in charcoal grey cloth over light tan cloth covered boards, in a Near Fine tan dustwrapper, not price-clipped, slightly faded along spine panel, with trivial wear. 19/1pp. Experimental prose. Q03908.

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good+ Book in a Very Good Pictorial Dust Jacket, Unclipped ($3.95). Book is moderately shelf worn and sunned to extremities. Tail shows some whitening from rubbing. Front paste down has some wrinkling and discoloration that seems to be a manufacturer's defect rather than after market damage. Text block is lightly toned and top edge is foxed. Dust jacket is bumped and rubbed with some chipping and a closed tear to top of front panel near spine. Rear panel is toned. Jacket designed by Alex Gotfryd and Richard Huebner. Hardcover. Octavo. 191pp. Publisher's Tan Cloth Backed With Black Cloth, Gilt Detailing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket with slight sunning at the crown.

A very good copy of Harry Mathews' second novel, portions of which were first published in The Paris Review, Mother, and Art & Literature. Mathews was an American expat from New York who lived and wrote in Paris as well as the first American member of the French literary society, Oulipo. Tlooth was the first book published by 'Paris Review Editions,' a joint venture of the New York publisher, Doubleday & Company, and the literary quarterly, The Paris Review. At the time, Mathews was in a relationship with an editor at the Review, Maxine Groffsky. This edition was published seven years before their headquarters were moved from Paris to New York City. First edition; 8vo (21.5 x 14.5 cm); contemporary insert 'with the compliments of the author,' sparse in-text illustrations, very minor spotting to half-title and final page, else unmarked internally; publisher's beige and black boards, device to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, brown endpapers with publisher's device, untrimmed page edges, some minor marks to top edge; uncut pictorial dust-jacket, faded spine, a little soiled, primarily to rear panel, slightly rubbed at extremities, most notably the upper joint, small tear to lower joint (approx. 2cm), though all fairly minor and not affecting text or image; 191, [1]p.…

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 191, [1]; original tan and black boards, gilt title on spine; corners bumped, spine a touch spotted, boards just a bit bowed, very good. Inscribed by Mathews on half-title to Harry and Jacqueline Saltzman. Harry Satzman is best known for co-producing the first nine James Bond films.…

Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. About fine in fine, unclipped ('$3.95') dustjacket (mylar-protected). A very fresh copy of HM's second novel. A 'Paris Review Edition' - first in the series.

A very good copy of Harry Mathews' second novel, portions of which were first published in The Paris Review, Mother, and Art & Literature. Mathews was an American expat from New York who lived and wrote in Paris as well as the first American member of the French literary society, Oulipo. Tlooth was the first book published by 'Paris Review Editions,' a joint venture of the New York publisher, Doubleday & Company, and the literary quarterly, The Paris Review. At the time, Mathews was in a relationship with an editor at the Review, Maxine Groffsky. This edition was published seven years before their headquarters were moved from Paris to New York City. First edition; brown endpapers with publisher's device, device also on title-page, sparse in-text illustrations; deckled fore-edge, publisher's tan and black boards, device to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, uncut pictorial dustjacket lettered in black and white (lightly rubbed on extremities); clean and very good copy; 191, [i]p.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Firstr edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (191pp. ) (A few tiny spots on bottom edge) Author's SECOND novel. Sharp copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages.

First Edition. Fine copy in dust-wrapper.