first edition
1988 · New York
by COLTER, Cyrus
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1988. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's full-page publicity sheet folded and laid in. Octavo (22.5cm); brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 278pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $19.95). The author's fifth book, a novel exploring "the human psyche at war with itself, a profound struggle that underlies some of history's most extraordinary and far-reaching events. This dark riveting novel reveals a long-buried rivalry between two men: one who died young, the other who lives on to regret his own crimes and, in retrospect, to exalt, even canonize, his long-dead friend" (from the publisher's sheet). (Inventory #: 29569)