John Fowles — Mantissa

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this intellectually playful novel by internationally renowned author John Fowles. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'Mantissa' is a novel formed of imaginary dialogue in the narrator's head, after waking as an amnesiac in a hospital bed, between him and an embodiment of the Muse Erato. Written by John Fowles, an influential writer of the twentieth century, best known for his novels 'The Magnus' and 'The French Lieutenant's Woman&apos. His writing was inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely condition. Colour and gilt remain bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is bright and clean, and in generally excellent condition. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.