The Thanatos Syndrome

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1987.

Price: $75.00

Hardcover. First edition. Fine, with one small scuff in the gilt on the foredge, in full leather as issued. Shrink-wrap lightly soiled but intact. One of an unspecified number of copies of the first edition Signed by the author with a special message to subscribers from the author not included in the trade edition.

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Item #313170 The Thanatos Syndrome. Walker PERCY.

Walker Percy
birth name: Walker Percy
born: 5/28/1916
died: 5/10/1990

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Biography

American novelist who wrote of the search for faith and love in the New South, a place transformed by industry and technology. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

Collecting tips:

Percy was a hot ticket for a while, but the only one of his regularly published books to command a real premium is his first The Moviegoer, (1961). Legends abound about how many copies were printed with speculation ranging between 1,000 and 5,000, with many copies going to libraries (beware of books and jackets that don't quite seem to go together, as this has always been a favorite target for matchmakers). Signed copies especially command a premium, even though by all accounts Percy was generous with his signature. Early offprints of his scholarly work in wrappers, such as Symbol as Need, (1954) are more peripheral and have a more limited audience, but are nice things to add to a collection if you're in the mood.

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