Author: GARDNER, John
Title: Grendel
Publication: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971
Edition: First Edition
Description: First printing. Octavo (22cm). Original purple cloth, stamped in gilt, purple topstain, in orange dust jacket; plain endpapers; [x], 174, [4]pp; publisher's ad to jacket rear; illustrated with line drawings by Emil Antonucci. Straight and tight, very slightly faded along extreme upper edge, else Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $5.95), dated 9/71, spine faded, one or two tiny tears and bumps to edges, crease to front flap, overall Very Good or better. Gardner's most acclaimed work, an existentialist retelling of Beowulf from the monster Grendel's point of view.
Seller ID: 57039
Subject: Modern Fiction