Under Volcano First by Lowry Malcolm (4 results)

Card covers. Condition: Good. 376, [4] pages. First Vintage Edition stated. Covers lightly worn, binding sound. private library pocket and date due form to inside rear cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not cut up. Never read for more then 50 years. Has some small wear on covers but still vg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry 1947 First Edition - First State Jacket Ex-Lib; Often regarded as one of the greatest works of 20th century literature Under the Volcano depicts the tragic disintegration of an alcoholic British consul living in Mexico reflective of the broader disintegration of society amidst the Spanish civil war. The book takes place within a single day yet traverses the entire lifetime of our hero, or victim, Geoffrey Firmin, whose life is inextricably tied to that of Lowry's.Lowry masterfully displays the illusory control, the utter incoherence, at other times crystal lucidity of Firmin, as he drifts between inebriation and severe inebriation in what is the best literary depiction of alcoholism. VG+ book, slight forward lean to spine,firm binding, stamps to front and rear end papers. Less marks than typical ex-lib.No card pocket past or present. VG- DJ sticker mark to Spine, mild rubbing and a few small closed tears.

First Edition. Bound in finely woven tan cloth stamped brightly in red lettering on the front boards and on the spine. Clean and tight throughout. The boards are a little darkened and the spine is also darkened with a small spot of foxing. In a Very good minus dust jacket with the price of $3.00 and some light wear and rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine ends. In a 'Second' issue dust jacket. (Rear panel states- "Critical acclaim for a great novel" and lists 9 excerpted reviews. With light wrinkling and chipping to the to of the rear panel edge; and some foxing to the rear inside flap. An pleasing copy of the first edition in a second issue dust jacket. Lowry's masterwork, an expressionistic novel of the final, desperate day of a former British consul drinking himself to death in Mexico. Basis for the John Huston film featuring Albert Finney (who was nominated for an Oscar) and Jacqueline Bisset.