Crimes of Writing; Problems in the Containment of Representation

New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. First printing, octavo size, 353 pp. From the jacket flap: "From the origins of modern copyright in early eighteenth-century culture to the efforts to represent nature and death in postmodern fiction, this book explores a series of problems regarding the containment of representation..."

___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter brown cloth over tan paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine, octavo size (8 1/2" by 5 3/4"), with 353 pages. The dust jacket with a summary of the work on the front flap and short author bio on the back flap.

___CONDITION: Volume is fine, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean and as new. The jacket is a bit better than very good, it is unclipped (and unpriced), clean although lightly toned, with light edgewear.

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