Goyen (William) The House of Breath
£125
London, Chatto & Windus, 1951.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket.
The US author’s debut novel, and the most well regarded and critically acclaimed of his works, winner of the 1967 William Faulkner Foundation Award for notable first novel.
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Cloth slightly sunned at spine; jacket a little chipped and tanned around spine, but otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Biro.
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