Uncle Gus Flaubert Rates The Jargon Society in One Hundred One Laconic Présalé Sage Sentences.
Published by Chapel Hill, Hanes Foundation, Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989.
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Seller: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.Alexanderplatz Books
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|First (only) printing. Wrappers. 8vo, 32 pp. The eighth Hanes Lecture, presented by the Hanes Foundation for the Study of the Origin and Development of the Book. And with a name like that, how could he dare to disappoint the Foundation? Williams' own evaluation of the publications of the Jargon Society, numbering one hundred and one. A fun read through the thankless (mostly) trials and tribulations of running an intellectual small press. Inscribed on the title page "To . . . / Highlands et Croisette/ Jonathan / 1990." As for the title, it is présalé, not presale, which the Collins dictionary tells me is the key to a dish made of "salt-marsh lamb," so that clears nothing up. The Jargon Society persevered and finally (no. 101) produced a runaway best seller, White Trash Cooking. All that hard work paid off. A very good copy.
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- Title
- Uncle Gus Flaubert Rates The Jargon Society in One Hundred One Laconic Présalé Sage Sentences.
- Author
- Williams, Jonathan
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill, Hanes Foundation, Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989.
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- Soft cover
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- 1st Edition
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- Catalogue XXXXXIII (LIII)
Alexanderplatz Books
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