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FRAME, JANET - The Lagoon
Estimate:
$800 - $1,000
Sold
$750
Timed Auction
167: Rare Books
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FRAME, JANET
The Lagoon
Christchurch: The Caxton Press 1951. First edition, first impression of the author's first book. 130p, original blue cloth-backed grey and blue patterned boards, with dust jacket. One library stamp only, verso of title page. Light fading to boards and a few spots to edges, an excellent copy in the slightly foxed jacket with toned spine. No losses.
At the time of publication Janet Frame (1924-2004) was a patient at Seacliff psychiatric hospital. She had been scheduled to receive a lobotomy, however, the work's receipt of the Hubert Church Award, one of New Zealand's most prestigious literary prizes, led to the procedure's cancellation.
Library of Richard Nunns.
The Lagoon
Christchurch: The Caxton Press 1951. First edition, first impression of the author's first book. 130p, original blue cloth-backed grey and blue patterned boards, with dust jacket. One library stamp only, verso of title page. Light fading to boards and a few spots to edges, an excellent copy in the slightly foxed jacket with toned spine. No losses.
At the time of publication Janet Frame (1924-2004) was a patient at Seacliff psychiatric hospital. She had been scheduled to receive a lobotomy, however, the work's receipt of the Hubert Church Award, one of New Zealand's most prestigious literary prizes, led to the procedure's cancellation.
Library of Richard Nunns.
