From Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 26 April 1997
About this Item
A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Diary of an Unknown was started in 1951, at about the time Cocteau begin his famous journals. This more personal document is at once intensely intimate and deeply philosophical. In these essays - which often recall the essays of Montaigne with their strictness of form, theme, and syntax - Cocteau reveals himself as never before. Like the Surrealists, Cocteau thrived upon, and solicited, public attention. But behind the flamboyance and the mystique, behind the public persona, there was the private self. Here we glimpse the private Jean Cocteau, playing with ideas and musing on all manner of subjects: nature; New York ; poetry; and beauty. Cocteau ruminates on psychoanalysis, the Nuremberg trials, the Trinity, freedom and the death penalty as well as familiar Coctelian themes - angels, invisibility, friendship, memory, and the birth of ideas. Seller Inventory # 27404
Bibliographic Details
Title: Diary of an Unknown.
Publisher: Paragon House
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
Store Description
PLEASE CONFIRM AVAILABILITY DIRECTLY WITH GREGOR BOOKS PRIOR TO PLACING YOUR
ORDER.
If you don't see something in our inventory, feel free to let us know what your specific wants are. We have success in locating hard to find books.
TERMS: All items are subject to prior sale. All items are first printings
unless otherwise stated. Autographs are guaranteed to be authentic and items
are returnable for any reason within 7 days of receipt. Washington
state residence will be charged 8.7% state sales t...
Orders usually ship within 1 business day. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.
Payment Methods
accepted by seller
