Publication details: Chicago: Pascal Covici,1927,
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An outline of the novel, written by one who confesses to having originally intended to highlight 'the utter imbecility' of 'Ulysses' but found himself awed into submission by its 'power and sweep'; Jordan Smith's commitment to older models (he professes himself a devotee of what he calls 'Sirthomasbrowneian English') also prompted him to start the hoax art movement Disumbrationism.
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 960 COPIES, double-page map printed in black and red preceding text, one page with light handling mark to margin, pp. 89, crown 8vo, original quarter cream linen, pale blue board patterned in a darker shade, backstrip lettered in gilt, dustjacket with some splitting and chipping around the lower joint-fold, backstrip panel browned, very good
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