Walker Percy

The Moviegoer Signed First Edition

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A signed first edition, first printing of The Moviegoer by Walker Percy, in the first issue dust jacket.

  • Walker Percy (American).
  • New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. 
  • Octavo.
  • 242, [2] pages.
  • Signed "For Dick my best wishes" by Walker Percy on the front end-page.
  • Black spine with white lettering lightly stained pink.

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Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$3.95", has mild shelving wear, light chipping along the fore edges and joints, stains throughout, small closed tears along the spine head and tail edges, and mild age-toning throughout.

Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges, moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges, mild bending wear along the head fore corners, and light bumping along the rear fore edge.

Text block is lightly splitting to the gutter from the first half-title page to page 16, has light soiling on some pages, mild wear along the edges, mild age-toning along the edges, a small stain on the fore edge, and a generally tight binding.

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