The Favourite Game

COHEN, Leonard

Published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1963

About this Item

First Impression of the singer, songwriter, poet, novelist's first book. 8vo: 223,[1]pp. Publisher's forest-green cloth, spine stamped in silver gilt, illustrated dust jacket (price-clipped), printed in pink and black. Fine unread copy, about Fine jacket, lightly toned to the perimeter, with trivial closed tear to bottom of back panel. A very collectible example. In 1959, Leonard Cohen traveled to London on a Canada Council grant. On the day he arrived, he "purchased a typewriter (a green Olivetti 22 that lasted for decades) and his 'famous blue raincoat', a Burberry. His principal activity in London was writing his first published novel, The Favourite Game. . . . it is Cohen's most autobiographical work and includes a number of allusions to James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. While the links to Joyce and others have been commented on by numerous critics, the novel is original in form and content. Admired for its sparse poetic qualities, the book marks Cohen's initial attempt to interject cinematic imagery into the form of the novel . . ." (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bookseller Inventory # BB1542

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Favourite Game

Publisher: Secker & Warburg, London

Publication Date: 1963

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition:Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine-

Edition: First Edition.