Item #394 The Hermit. Eugene Ionesco.

The Hermit

New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1974. First American Edition.

Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 208 x 142 mm), 169, [1] pages, in quarter cloth over boards, titles to spine, in a price-clipped, illustrated dust jacket (hard cover).

Ionesco's only novel, originally appearing in French as Le Solitaire. Office clerk inherits a lot of money, quits his job, moves to the suburbs, has affairs, and worries about death. Translated from the French by Richard Seaver.

CONDITION: Heavy rubbing to edges of rear board but internally bright and clean. The price-clipped dust jacket has some light toning and soiling as well as a pinprick hole in the fold of the front flap. Near Fine in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Item #394

Price: $40.00

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