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US orders ship with signature confirmation. 1955 Harcourt hardcover stated 1st edition. No dj, fraying at edge, soil and sunning on cover, separation on title page and next to last page (pages 954-5), bottom corners a little bumped, small stains on a few pages, light tanning, soil at edge, else text clean, binding tight.Oversize book – extra shipping charges will apply for international and priority orders as this will not fit into a flat rate envelope.
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Even Camilla had enjoyed masquerades, of the safe sort where the mask may be dropped at that critical moment it presumes itself as reality.
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- Title Recognitions
- Author Gaddis, William
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Harcourt, New York
- Date June 1955
- ISBN 9780151759712
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Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1955-06-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Stated First Edition. Bound in publisher's black cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Shelf wear. Front gutter repaired with tape. 956 p., 22 cm. <br> "The Recognitions is a sweeping depiction of a world in which everything that anyone recognizes as beautiful or true or good emerges as anything but: our world. The book is a masquerade, moving from New England to New York to Madrid, from the art world to the underworld, but it centers on the story of Wyatt Gwyon, the son of a New England minister, who forsakes religion to devote himself to painting, only to despair of his inspiration. In expiation, he will paint nothing but flawless copies of his revered old masters copies, however, that find their way into the hands of a sinister financial wizard by the name of Recktall Brown, who of course sells them as the real thing. Dismissed uncomprehendingly by reviewers on publication in 1955 and ignored by the literary world…
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