Self Condemned Unknown - 1983

Santa Barbara. 1983. Black Sparrow Press. 1st American Edition. 1 of 500 cloth trade copies. Very Good in Wrappers. 0876855761. Afterword by Rowland Smith. 439 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Self Condemned, originally published in 1954, tells the story of Professor Rene Harding and his wife, Essie, as they find themselves in Momaco, a fictionalized version of Toronto, following Rene's resignation as an academic in London, England. Reduced to a position at the second-rate University of Momaco, Rene and Essie suffer through a bleak and oppressive isolation in a dreary and alien city. The novel, a devastating, disturbing satire of life in wartime Canada, explores the difficulty individuals face as they struggle to adapt to new surroundings while preserving their sense of wholeness, as well as the bond that develops between people during a shared experience of isolation. inventory #41721 ISBN: 0876855761.

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. Reprint - 1st Corrected . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 436pp.; HB blue&yellow w/blk.; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs.-clear plastic wrap. Early 1940s in Toronto, Canada.

UsedAcceptable. Shows wear such as frayed or folded edges, rips and tears, and/or worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages. Some foxing and/or discoloration around edges.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition. Introduction by Hugh Kenner. Neat owner name front fly, else fine in fine dust jacket.

Gingko Pr Inc, 1983-05. Hardcover. Good.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1926. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Large octavo. Original cloth in tan price-clipped dust jacket printed in orange, blue topstain. Very faint owner name, early bookseller ticket to front pastedown, a little foxing on the foredge, a near fine copy in modestly spine-toned, else near fine dust jacket. One of the author's earliest works, a collection of essays. *Morrow* first priority binding A6a1.

London: The Egoist, 1918. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English edition (the American edition precedes slightly). Slightly worn and toned at the bottom of the spine else near fine in a presentable very good example of the rare dust jacket which is toned on the spine and has some neat restoration to base of spine and upper panel. Author's first novel. Rare in jacket.