The Sot-Weed Factor (Revised By Author)
by Barth, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, 1967. First Thus . Cloth. Fine/Good. (Revised Edition. Price of $7.50) Large, sturdy, heavy book, quality black cloth, very bright gilt and silver lettering and design on spine, darker yellow color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 754 pages. DJ beneath mylar, background to front and spine in shades of pinks, red and black lettering, a photo of author on most of back. DJ has very slight wear to tips, spine lighter, very tiny tear (2) at spine top edge, one at bottom, very tiny v-chip at back bottom edge near spine, very tiny but wide tear at top back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
The Sot-Weed Factor is a 1960 novel by John Barth that satirizes picaresque novels such as Tristram Shandy and Tom Jones. ("Sot-weed" is an old term for the tobacco plant. A "factor" is a middleman who buys something to resell it. ) TIME included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. The novel takes its title from a poem of the same name published in London in 1708 and signed Ebenezer Cooke.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01907
- Title
- The Sot-Weed Factor (Revised By Author)
- Author
- Barth, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Fiction
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Fine
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