London: Atlas Press, 1989. 172pp. Glued in illustrated wraps. Moderate edgewear, with some curling and laminate lifting; soiling to edges of textblock. Very good, with sound binding.
English-language translation of this 1897 novel by French symbolist writer and 'pataphysician Alfred Jarry (1873-1907). Translated by Alexis Lykiard, with introduction by Alastair Brotchie and additional verse translations by Stanley Chapman. Also includes the shorter work "The Other Alcestis," translated by John Harman and illustrated by Peter Blegvad. Decidedly uncommon.
