First American edition of this 1967 novel, the final in a sequence of four including The Grass, The Flanders Road, and The Palace, by the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. NY: George Braziller, 1968. Octavo, 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. 341pp. Purple textured-paper boards; matching topstain; blue and silver spine titles; dust jacket. Light ink smudging to textblock fore-edge. Former owner's name neatly penned on ffep. Unclipped ("$5.95") jacket with toning/fading to spine, some soiling to rear panel. A near fine copy in a very good jacket. One of his harder books in English translation.
