Author: BARTH, JOHN
Title: Chimera
Description: New York: Random House, Inc, 1972. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394481399. First Trade Edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with a touch of toning / yellowing to the white edges of the dust jacket. There is also one tiny spot of beginning rubbing to the bottom front flap joint. There are two creases to the front flap of the dust jacket. This book is a National Book Award winner. "John Simmons Barth ( born May 27, 1930) is an American novelist and short-story writer, known for the postmodernist and metafictional quality of his work." "At this point I interrupted my sister as usual to say, You have a way with words, Scheherazade. This is the thousandth night I've sat at the foot of your bed while you and the king made love and you told him stories...". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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