The Deserter -by Douglas Le Pan -a Signed Copy ( 1964 GGA [ Governor General's Award ] winner)

Le Pan, Douglas (SIGNED) ( LePan )

Published by Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart ( M&S ), 1964, 1st Edition, First Printing, Toronto, Ontario, 1964

About this Item

----------( 1st Printing of the First Edition ) ----hardcover, a solid Very Good+ example, brown cloth with light rubbing, the NEWFELD cover design is repeated on the spine of the book, some fading to the lettering on the spine of the book, some small ink notes on the verso of the front board, ---in an attractive Good dustjacket, some shallow chips and flakes with associated creasing predominately at the spine tips, small ink squiggle on rear panel of jacket, ---this copy has been signed and inscribed by the author "For Harry Botterell with all best wishes Douglas Le Pan", ---BOTTERELL was a Canadian neurosurgeon, ---this book was awarded the GGA for 1964 which caused a bit of a ruckus as it was chosen over The STONE ANGEL by Margaret Laurence, ---the following plot outline is taken from a modern re-issue ---"Returned from the ravages of war, met with a city that offers him only despair, a young man finds himself caught between two opposing worlds - the ordered but empty everyday life of - schedules and obligations,- and the hellish chaos of the city s underside, a dark world of brutality and vice. Gripped with a restless passion for perfection, haunted by a brief and idealized experience of love, the hero of this poetic, experimental novel lives out in a modern context that most universal of myths: the descent into the underworld to experience initiations and ordeals, and the return with new understanding to the upper world.", any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5.75w x 8.75h Inches.

Seller Inventory # 170680

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Deserter -by Douglas Le Pan -a Signed Copy ( 1964 GGA [ Governor General's Award ] winner)
• Publisher: Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart ( M&S ), 1964, 1st Edition, First Printing, Toronto, Ontario
• Publication Date: 1964
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: Frank Newfeld Cover Art
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed (see description)
• Book Type: Flap Not Clipped
• Seller catalogs:
  • Canadian Literature Fiction