The Tailor of Panama 19th Century Literature

The Tailor of Panama 19th Century LiteratureLondon: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996 First edition. First printing. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine copy. Adapted to film in 2001, starring Geoffrey Rush as Henry Pendel and Pierce Brosnan as the unscrupulous MI6 spy, Andy Osnard.

Boards with the bright red cloth

Milan: Bompiani

and scarce signed by the Johnson

though undoubtedly permanent

with the contents clean throughout

this is among the earliest and most significant presentation copies to come to market

Housed in a custom box in calfskin leather over marbled boards

extending with decreasing visibility to subsequent pages until pp

A lean to the spine and only the slightest wear to the unclipped dust jacket

both times to critical acclaim

published when he was a 21 year old student at Bennington College

Signed copies are exceedingly scarce