John Fowles — A Maggot

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A specially bound signed Limited Edition of the first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice. The first edition, first impression of this work. Number four-hundred and seventy-six of five-hundred specially bound first edition copies signed by the author. 'A Maggot' was John Fowles's sixth major novel, a postmodern work told both through an objective narrative and through letters, interviews, and facsimile pages from contemporary eighteenth century issues of 'The Gentleman's Magazine&apos.Retaining the original glassine.A wonderful signed Limited Edition by Fowles, the renowned British novelist of works positioned between modernism and postmodernism, best known for 'The Magus', 'The French Lieutenant's Woman', and 'The Collector&apos. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. In the original glassine, in pristine condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.