The Carnal Myth.
£20.00
Publisher
Calder and Boyars.
Place
London
Date
1970
Synopsis
A search into classical sensuality. (signature series. 3).
Item Description
FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. 5.75 x 8 inches. [vi] + 121 pp + [1] pp. series list. Bound in grey cloth, in dust wrapper, which is a little sunned and with a few small tears; otherwise a very good copy. Dedication to Ralph Steadman on title page, Decorated by title page vignette. The author's thoughts on carnality and sensuality ranging widely around the classical world of antiquity and beyond. Edward Dahlberg (1900-77) was a US novelist and essayist, who, after his war service became part of the expatriate group of writers living in Paris in the interwar years. This copy has the author's 1970 signed dedication to the cartoonist, Ralph Steadman (b.1936).
[Stock No. 26689]
