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TOOLE. A Confederacy of Dunces. first edition

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TOOLE. A Confederacy of Dunces. first edition

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TOOLE, John Kennedy (1937-1969). A Confederacy of Dunces. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. 8vo. Original black-lettered buckram cloth in dust jacket. Condition: jacket slightly rubbed long edges, short closed tear at spine head, edges of inner flaps very slightly abraded by old protector,else a very collectible copy of a book hard to find in good condition, with custom cloth slipcase. first edition of the author's classic first novel and tale of 'valve trouble'. Published posthumously with the help of Walker Percy, who gave in the repeated entreaties of the author's mother to read her dead son's manuscript. Ignatius Reilly's tale is apparently finally to be filmed.

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TOOLE. A Confederacy of Dunces. first edition

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