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The first published work by American writer John Barth, first published in 1956 and significantly revised in 1967. The existentialist and nihilistic story is a first-person account of a day that protagonist Todd Andrews contemplated suicide.
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The Floating Opera
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The Floating Opera
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The Floating Opera
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Secker & Warburg, London, 1968
ISBN 10: 0436033720
ISBN 13: 9780436033728
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light shelfwear to jacket edges, bottom corners a bit bumped. Barth's 1st novel. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0436033720. ISBN/EAN: 9780436033728. Inventory No: 041338. Seller Inventory # 041338
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The Floating Opera
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Secker & Warburg, London, 1968
ISBN 10: 0436033720
ISBN 13: 9780436033728
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition thus. Wear and small tears to extremities of dust wrapper.Light age spotting to inside boards and to end papers. Age toning along closed edges. Light reading wer to book. 248 pages. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Literature & Literary; Fiction. ISBN: 0436033720. ISBN/EAN: 9780436033728. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51356. Seller Inventory # 51356
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paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Library rebind and they have pasted the original dust cover to the boards. Occasional pencil marginalia. Quick dispatch from UK seller. Seller Inventory # mon0000543747
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The Floating Opera [Paperback] Barth, John.
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Condition: Poor. Mild shelf wear to extremities, no jacket. Gentle lean to spine. Inscriptions on first page. Light foxing and tanning to page edges. Contents clear and legible. Seller Inventory # 003725-4
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The Floating Opera
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Appleton-Century Crofts, New York, 1956
ISBN 10: 0436033720
ISBN 13: 9780436033728
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Discoloraton to jacket, browning and light wear. Gift inscription dated 1959 from Charlie Leach. Glenway Wescott's copy with his Exlibris laid in. Small hole about the size of a punch through the middle of the title page. Still, an attractive copy of Barth's fine first novel and a nice association. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0436033720. ISBN/EAN: 9780436033728. Inventory No: 048379. Seller Inventory # 048379