Donleavy, J.P.

The Ginger Man.

1958. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1958.

8vo, 382 pp. Publisher's green patterened boards with title labels on upper cover and backstrip, red endpapers, original color-printed dust-jacket with the flaps cancels as always. A near fine copy with only a little foxing to the textblock edge and very light wear to the top edge of the dust-jacket.

§ Second Olympia press edition, third overall, signed by Donleavy on the title page. First publication of the book as intended by Donleavy - free from association with the pornographic "Traveller's Companion Series" and with the text uncensored - the triumphant fruit of a 21 year legal battle. Item #125559

Price: $975.00