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James Dickey – Deliverance – First Edition 1970
£150.00
First UK edition, first printing. Published by Hamish Hamilton in London, 1970. This is a very good (or better) copy. The plain and striking dust wrapper is worn at the corners and at the spine tips. It has not been price clipped, showing the original £1.50 or 30s net price. The boards are free from chips and marks and the text blocks, though worn at the bottom corner, are free from foxing. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in very good (or better) condition.
The debut novel of American writer James Dickey, who had previously published poetry. It was adapted into the 1972 film of the same name directed by John Boorman.
In 1998, the editors of the Modern Library selected Deliverance as #42 on their list of the 100 best 20th-Century novels. In 2005, the novel was included on Time magazine’s list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923.
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First UK edition, first printing. Published by Hamish Hamilton in London, 1970. This is a very good (or better) copy. The plain and striking dust wrapper is worn at the corners and at the spine tips. It has not been price clipped, showing the original £1.50 or 30s net price. The boards are free from chips and marks and the text blocks, though worn at the bottom corner, are free from foxing. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in very good (or better) condition.
The debut novel of American writer James Dickey, who had previously published poetry. It was adapted into the 1972 film of the same name directed by John Boorman.
In 1998, the editors of the Modern Library selected Deliverance as #42 on their list of the 100 best 20th-Century novels. In 2005, the novel was included on Time magazine’s list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923.
