signed first edition Hardcover
1974 · Boston
by Theroux, Paul
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Presentation copy, inscribed by Paul Theroux to writer Peter De Vries on the title page. Following the satirist's death in 1993, Theroux wrote an affectionate tribute for The New York Times entitled "A Jolly Old Elf, a Master of Gloom: The Gifts of Peter De Vries". An anthropologist and his wife return from Africa to an English country house that is haunted by a menacing spirit. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles and decorative blind-stamped designs. Some light edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good.
(Inventory #: 75852)