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The Magus
by Fowles, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full light green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g. (red), fore-edge deckle. The Magus (1966) is the first novel written (but second published) by British author John Fowles. It tells the story of Nicholas Urfe, a teacher on a small Greek island. Urfe finds himself embroiled in psychological illusions of a master trickster that become increasingly dark and serious. The novel was a bestseller, partly because it tapped successfully into, and then arguably helped to promote, the 1960s popular interest in psychoanalysis and mystical philosophy.. This is an unmarked copy, tight and square. The price-clipped dust jacket, now in mylar, is sunned along the top edge only and is chipped, with some loss, at the head and heel of the spine, and has a small closed tear on the front panel. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD.. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 606, (1) pp .
Synopsis
This daring literary thriller, rich with eroticism and suspense, is one of John Fowles's best-loved and bestselling novels and has contributed significantly to his international reputation as a writer of the first degree. At the center of The Magus is Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman who accepts a teaching position on a remote Greek island, where he befriends a local millionaire. The friendship soon evolves into a deadly game, in which reality and fantasy are deliberately manipulated, and Nicholas finds that he must fight not only for his sanity but for his very survival. (via Goodreads)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6812
- Title
- The Magus
- Author
- Fowles, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Fiction;, Literature;, Psychological Novels;, Novels;, Psychiatry;, Psychology;, Mysticism;, Psychoanalysis; Judaica
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Gilt
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- Heel
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