The House of the Solitary Maggot
Doubleday, 1974. 8vo, black cloth over forest green cloth boards, decorative endpapers, 360pp. Stated First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (7.95) mildly toned and rubbed to panels, foxing to text edges. Signed by Purdy to the title page. The second installment in a loose trilogy of Midwestern small town sagas, Sleepers in Moon Crowned Valleys, considered by some his most ambitious work. A very good copy in mylar.
Price: $35.00
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