Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper.

Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.

Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.

Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes.

Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.

Reilly's mother-was intensely involved in her son's life and equally intensely promoted the recognition of his genius after the publication of the book, once proclaiming 'I walk in the world for my son.' First state of the dust jacket, without the Chicago Sun-Times blurb on the rear panel.

Toole's mother-broadly portrayed in the novel as Miss Trixie, Ignatius P. Its virtues have now been universally recognized' (Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels, 125). His mother gave the manuscript to Walker Percy, who secured its publication by Louisiana State University Press, and it was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize. After the final rejection (by Knopf) Toole committed suicide. The author sent it to every publisher in America, all of whom rejected it. Appreciation and Regards from John Kennedy Toole's mother, Thelma Ducoing Toole.' $12,500.įirst edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, one of only 2500 copies printed, inscribed by the author's mother in the year of publication, 'Nov. Octavo, original beige cloth, original dust jacket.

'A GREAT SLOB OF A MAN IN VIOLENT REVOLT AGAINST THE ENTIRE 20TH CENTURY': FIRST EDITION OF A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR'S MOTHER IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION

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