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Toole, John Kennedy. His copy of:
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. The Viking Press, New York, 1959
8vo, later edition (Compass Book series), john kennedy toole's contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper ("Ken Toole. | Columbia University | New York 27") and substantive annotations on eleven pages of the text, original paper covers, preservered in quarter green morocco folding box, some early gatherings loose
a fascinating and rare example of toole as a close reader. Although -- like so many before and since -- he appears not to have completed the book, the eye for nuance and repetition, and the breadth of literary reference brought to bear by the twenty-two year old graduate upon the initial chapters of the most linguistically complex of all modern novels, is remarkable.
John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize-winning comic novel A Confederacy of Dunces, set in New Orleans in the early 1960s, was published in 1980, eleven years after the author's suicide, and only through the efforts of his mother, who had found a smeared carbon copy typescript of the novel after his death, and the author Walker Percy of Loyola University, to whom she took the manuscript.
a fascinating and rare example of toole as a close reader. Although -- like so many before and since -- he appears not to have completed the book, the eye for nuance and repetition, and the breadth of literary reference brought to bear by the twenty-two year old graduate upon the initial chapters of the most linguistically complex of all modern novels, is remarkable.
John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize-winning comic novel A Confederacy of Dunces, set in New Orleans in the early 1960s, was published in 1980, eleven years after the author's suicide, and only through the efforts of his mother, who had found a smeared carbon copy typescript of the novel after his death, and the author Walker Percy of Loyola University, to whom she took the manuscript.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."