first edition
1984 · [New York]
by HAWKES, John
[New York]: New Directions Book, 1984. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo; red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xviii,298pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $22.50), with some light shelfwear and a small rubbed spot at lower left edge of front panel. A reader spanning 30 years of Hawkes's work, with an introduction by William H. Gass. Issued simultaneously in wrappers and cloth. (Inventory #: 23670)