The Torch in My Ear [Uncorrected Proof Copy]

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's yellow card wraps titled in black to front wrap. 369pp. [paginated by hand]. Tight and strong, some light soiling to the bright yellow card, a little light wear to the extremities; internally clean, ownership signature to page following title, some neat pencil annotation to rear of text, the publisher's review slip has been stapled to the verso of the front wrap, so the staples are visible from the cover. A very good copy.

From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and bibliophile, with his ownership signature and discreet pencil annotation. Volume 2 of Canetti's 3 volume autobiography, following "The Tongue Set Free" and preceding "The Play of The Eyes.