Grendel

by John Gardner

$800 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

Emil Antonucci. First edition. 174, 6 pp. 8vo. Purple cloth. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket with only the most minor creases to the front flap. An unusually crisp and bright copy. Item #312280 An exceptional copy of Gardner's most famous novel, a retelling of Beowulf from the perspective of its antagonist, Grendel.

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