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Albert Cossery First, Review and Limited Editions

Title: 4 titles in First, Review and Limited Editions
Author: Cossery, Albert
Description: Six volumes comprising: Men God Forgot. Translated from the French by H.E. Cloth-backed boards. First American Edition. [1946] * The House of Certain Death. Translated by Stuart B. Kaiser (stamped on title-page). Cloth in jacket. First Edition in English. [1949] * The Lazy Ones. Translated by William Goyen. Cloth in jacket. Review copy. [1952] * Men God Forgot. Translated by H.E. Wrappers. (2 copies) One in unique wrappers. [1963] * Proud Beggars. Translated by Thomas W. Cushing. Cloth-backed boards. 1/300 trade copies. Limited Edition. [1981]Cossery was an Egyptian novelist whose first book, Les Hommes oubliés de Dieu (Men God Forgot), was quite successful. Of the two City Lights reprints in wrappers we offer here, one is a first copy with a rejected cover; most notably, the title is lettered in white against a photographic background, while the later cover is lettered in black on a white panel.
Heading: Place Published: Various Places
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Date Published: 1946-1981