First Limited Paperback Edition of Vickery's study of Frazer, owned and signed by novelist David Markson, subsequently from the library of Tom Verlaine.
Very good plus.
Price: $250.00
Following Markson's death in 2010, the bulk of his private library found its way to The Strand, and from there to myriad buyers much like the author himself — an avid buyer but not keeper of books, who had in life already sold off "as many as 400 at a time throughout the years."
Verlaine, once a Strand employee and eulogized as the bookstore's best customer, was a master at finding "little gems for a dollar" on the book carts — likely including this study of a study of myth and ritual. A scarce record of the intersection between two cult icons and great book buyers of the twentieth century.
Read more: Walls, "All the Sad Old Literary Artifacts of David Markson," Newsweek; Fehrman, "The surprising fate of David Markson's library"; Groundwater, "Tom Verlaine was the Strand's Best Customer," LitHub; Kim, "Television on Print: A Literary Conversation with Tom Verlaine, "Dusted."
First printing. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1973). 9'' x 6''. Original green wrappers. 435, [1] pages. Signature of David Markson on front free endpaper; a few marginal check-marks scattered throughout. Though no additional provenance markings, this copy subsequently from the library of Tom Verlaine. Light edgewear, sunning to spine and a bit to top edge.
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