The Monk
New York: Grove Press, (1952).
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Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by John Berryman. Heavily bumped at the top of the front board affecting the tops of some pages, else very good, lacking the dustwrapper. The original text of the controversial novel, first published in 1796, with variant readings and a note on the text by Louis F. Peck. Inscribed by John Berryman, commenting on the physical flaws of the volume: "Don & Betty with love (150 years old: hence the condition) John / Princeton 21 June 52."
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