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"Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt": Waiting For the Barbarians; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M. Coetzee to his Wife
COETZEE, J.M.
Waiting for the Barbarians.
Johannesburg : Ravan Press, 1981.
First South African edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his first wife on the title page, "Philippa love from John." Philippa Jubber and John Maxwell Coetzee were married in 1963. They had two children, Nicolas (1966–1989) and Gisela (b. 1968). In 1965 Coetzee entered the graduate school of the University of Texas at Austin, and in 1968 graduated with a PhD in English, linguistics, and Germanic languages. His doctoral dissertation was on the early fiction of Samuel Beckett. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. One of the finest association copies extent.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 133608
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"Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt": First Edition of Waiting For the Barbarians; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
Waiting for the Barbarians.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1980.
First British edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146894
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"Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt": Waiting For the Barbarians; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M. Coetzee in the year of publication
COETZEE, J.M.
Waiting for the Barbarians.
Johannesburg : Ravan Press, 1981.
First South African edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "Charles Barry with very best wishes J.M. Coetzee 23/4/81." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine, bookplate of the recipient.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 116489
