{"product_id":"mantissa-john-fowles-1st-edition","title":"Mantissa, John Fowles — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Jonathan Cape, 1982\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 192.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The volume presents exceptionally well in its original grey cloth, remaining structurally sound with a firm, square binding and uncrushed spine ends. The gilt lettering and publisher’s device to the spine remain strikingly bright and completely unoxidised. Internally, the text block is remarkably fresh and clean, entirely free of prior ownership inscriptions, with only the faintest hint of customary dust-toning to the upper edge. The original unclipped dust jacket is displays vibrant, unfaded panels and sharp edges, with merely a trivial whisper of rubbing to the extreme spine tips and a negligible, isolated trace of spotting to the rear panel. A thoroughly handsome, collector-quality copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First UK Edition, First Impression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThis edition was published by Jonathan Cape in London, with the copyright page conforming to the requisite markers for a first printing of this era, stating solely \"First published 1982\" with no subsequent printings noted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThe distinctive dust jacket features a striking reproduction of a drawing by Pablo Picasso. While \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"98\"\u003eMantissa\u003c\/i\u003e was printed in generous quantities, securing a copy in such well-preserved, unfaded condition, with an unrubbed jacket and immaculate gilt tooling, remains an attractive prospect for completist collectors of modern first editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eIn \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"10\"\u003eMantissa\u003c\/i\u003e, John Fowles playfully dismantles the boundaries of the creative process and the traditional relationship between author and muse. The novel centres on Miles Green, a writer who awakens in a hospital room suffering from amnesia, only to find himself locked in a surreal, fiercely intellectual, and highly erotic battle of wits with Erato, the Greek muse of lyric poetry. What unfolds is a wildly inventive and satirical exploration of literature, inspiration, and the eternal tug-of-war between male ego and female empowerment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54389192065363,"sku":"4755","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260717_200825.jpg?v=1784831683","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/mantissa-john-fowles-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}