No End to the Way
Published by Barrie & Rockliff, London, 1965
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, AustraliaMuir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books]
AbeBooks seller since March 16, 2012
Condition: Used
£ 159.82
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Add to basketItem description from seller
First edition, octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 240. Dustjacket design by Barbara Walton. Dustjacket worn to edges. Previous owner's stamp front free endpaper, chipping to the edge of the halftitle page, otherwise in very good condition in like d.j. Scarce. Novel set in Perth, Western Australia, portraying gay relationships, necessarly for the time published under a psuedonym. "Published in 1965 in Britain then banned in Australia for over a year for its frank portrayal of a homosexual relationship, it draws heavily on Glaskin?s own life and the gay community in 1950s?60s Perth. Several of his friends and acquaintances appear as characters in the story, not all of whom were pleased to discover this. The novel is important for a number of reasons. It drew attention to the injustices suffered by gay men, who lives were governed by fear and who were forced to live in secret. Unlike other gay novels of its era, it did not have the ?obligatory? tragic ending (homosexuality was a crime, hence any novel that appeared to condone it was breaking the law). Most of all, it affirmed the experience and integrity of many gay men, as judged by the enormous amount of fan mail the book generated from around the world." John Burbidge, Glaskin's biographer. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- No End to the Way
- Author
- Jackson, Neville (pseud. Gerald Glaskin)
- Publisher
- Barrie & Rockliff, London
- Publication year
- 1965
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books]
PERTH, WA, Australia
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Established in 1973, we are second generation booksellers located in Perth, Western Australia walking distance from the State Library of WA and the WA Museum. We deal in old, rare and out of print books as well as art, maps and globes, photographs, natural history specimens and curious objects. You are more than welcome to visit us at our bookshop or browse our great range of books and various items at our website: https://www.muirbooks.com Muir Books (Robert Muir Old & Rare Books) was founded by Robert and Helen Muir. and now owned and operated by Rob and Janet Muir with Tara Surry as researcher and cataloguer . We are one of the the larger booksellers in Western Australia with over 60,000 items in stock.…
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17 Lindsay Street
Perth WA, WA Australia 6000
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