THE HOUSE OF THE SOLITARY MAGGOT: Part Two of the Continuous Novel "Sleepers in Moon-Crowned Valleys"
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which continues Purdy's exploration of the complex world of Prince's Crossing, a world abandoned by the modern world, founded as a town in 1802, now just unincorporated. This begins with the death and summary burial of Peter Skegg: "The people of Prince's Crossing called him the old maggot. Not just because he was despicably rich, nor because he owned all their farms, or sired the wild young men who tore up the roads with their galloping horses, it was because they could not pronounce the word magnate, which Mr. Skegg assuredly was." 360 pp. ISBN: 0-385044135.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (remainder spray, overall edgewear and short tears to the dj, now protected by an archival cover)