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Patricia Highsmith – The Talented Mr Ripley – First UK Edition 1951 – a FINE Copy
£3,500.00
A first edition, first printing published by The Cresset Press in 1957. A fine book without inscriptions – some light off-setting to the endpapers. In a fine neatly clipped wrapper. No fading or browning to the spine as is usual. Simply put, the best copy we have seen.
The author’s second book and notably filmed in 1999 starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon and Jude Law. An excellent title to possess and very scarce.
Partially published in serial form from 1945–46 before being novelized in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, connection, sex, and depression. The main character, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion. Caulfield, nearly of age, gives his opinion on just about everything as he narrates his recent life events.
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A first edition, first printing published by The Cresset Press in 1957. A fine book without inscriptions – some light off-setting to the endpapers. In a fine neatly clipped wrapper. No fading or browning to the spine as is usual. Simply put, the best copy we have seen.
The author’s second book and notably filmed in 1999 starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon and Jude Law. An excellent title to possess and very scarce.
Partially published in serial form from 1945–46 before being novelised in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, connection, sex, and depression. The main character, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion. Caulfield, nearly of age, gives his opinion on just about everything as he narrates his recent life events.
