The Fossils of Piety: Literary Humanism in Decline [Inscribed and Signed]
- SIGNED
- New York: Vantage Press, 1959
New York: Vantage Press, 1959. Very Good-/Very Good. New York: Vantage Press, 1959. First Edition, stated. Slim octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in pink decorative dust jacket; 85pp. Some chipping and general shelf wear to jacket and cloth extremities (shallow dents to bottom cloth margins), jacket spine panel completely faded, light foxing throughout, front free endpaper neatly excised, brief slice at top edge of half title not approaching text or inscription, else Good to Very Good overall. Inscribed and signed on title page: "For Murray and Nat / from Paul / 2 July 1959 / These 'dangerous' sentiments..."
One of the British-American novelist's earliest works, preceded only by a small 1952 poetry chapbook issued while a student, and coinciding with a collection of essays delivered on the radio with the Canadian Broadcast Corporation titled "The Growth of the Novel" (also 1959). This collection consists of just four essays and covers the works of André Malraux, Sartre, Pavese, Camus, Hemingway, Simone Weil, and others. Issued by the popular self-publishing firm Vantage Press, this title quite scarce.
One of the British-American novelist's earliest works, preceded only by a small 1952 poetry chapbook issued while a student, and coinciding with a collection of essays delivered on the radio with the Canadian Broadcast Corporation titled "The Growth of the Novel" (also 1959). This collection consists of just four essays and covers the works of André Malraux, Sartre, Pavese, Camus, Hemingway, Simone Weil, and others. Issued by the popular self-publishing firm Vantage Press, this title quite scarce.