Awake for Mourning

Published by MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1958

  • First Edition
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  • Hardcover
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Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United KingdomLycanthia Rare Books

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First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s. An excellent association copy of the debut novel by Kops, a dramatist, memoirist, poet and novelist whose work often focussed on the East End of London and its Jewish community. The author's amusing and affectionate full-page inscription is to the highly influential and well-regarded publisher, and occasional essayist, Tom Maschler, written at the end of his relatively short tenure at MacGibbon & Kee. Maschler would go on to become head of Jonathan Cape for many years, and was one of the key founders of the Booker Prize. Jacket with minor rubbing to extremities, but overall a very good example. Provenance: Publisher & writer Tom Maschler (presentation inscription and bookplate).

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Title
Awake for Mourning
Author
Kops (Bernard)
Publisher
MacGibbon & Kee, London
Publication year
1958
Condition
Very good
Dust jacket
Very good
Signed
Signed
Book Type
Book
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Jacket artwork by A. Bulitis.
Edition
First edition.
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Modern Literature

Lycanthia Rare Books

Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom

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