A Maggot
by FOWLES, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0316289949
- ISBN 13
- 9780316289948
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Co.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0316289949 . Stated first [American] edition. This novel by John Fowles is described on the jacket flap as "Part detective story, part science fiction, part gothic horror tale, part history of dissent. . ." Per the author's prologue, "A maggot is the larval stage of a winged creature. But an older though now obsolete sense of the word (maggot) is that of whim or quirk." Both definitions apply to the title at various points in this work. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards with cover decoration & spine titling, both in gilt. Dust jacket with Fay Godwin photographic portrait of Mr. Fowles to back panel. --- With bookseller pencilings to front free endpaper, else a tightly-bound, unmarked, sound copy. Price-clipped jacket with a little chafing & creasing to edges, otherwise bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (6), 455 pages .
Synopsis
A Maggot (1985) is a novel by British author John Fowles. It is Fowles' sixth major novel, following The Collector, The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Daniel Martin, and Mantissa. Its title, as the author explains in the prologue, is taken from the archaic sense of the word that means "whim", "quirk", "obsession", or even a snatch of music.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87632
- Title
- A Maggot
- Author
- FOWLES, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316289949
- ISBN 13
- 9780316289948
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 0316289949
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