Percy, Walker

THE MOVIEGOER [Signed]

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First Edition, First Printing, First Issue Dust Jacket. Octavo, 242, [2] pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Black spine with white lettering lightly stained pink. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$3.95", has mild shelving wear, light chipping along the fore edges and joints, stains throughout, small closed tears along the spine head and tail edges, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges, moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges, mild bending wear along the head fore corners, and light bumping along the rear fore edge. Textblock is lightly splitting to the gutter from the first half-title page to page 16, has light soiling on some pages, mild wear along the edges, mild age-toning along the edges, a small stain on the fore edge, and a generally tight binding. Signed "For Dick my best wishes" by Walker Percy on the front end-page. DL consignment. Shelved Case 2.

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Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $5,000

NOTES

Contains a secondary dust jacket wrapped in a mylar covering beneath the first dust jacket. First issue dust jacket notable for the "$3.95" price and "0561" date stamp at the lower corner of the front flap. Walker Percy was born May 28, 1916 in Birmigham, AL. Percy would study chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, going on to practice medicine, though he didn't enjoy it. After surviving a bout of tuberculosis in 1944, Percy would leave medicine to pursue writing. Percy became greatly influenced by existentialist works of Søren Kierkegaard as well as Catholicism and writers such as Dante Alighieri. These ideas alongside his experiences at Chapel Hill would come together in Percy's first and greatest work "The Moviegoer". "The Moviegoer" would be published to widespread acclaim, winning the U.S. National Book Award and solidifying Percy as one of the major voices of the South.