The sunlight dialogues
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. 8vo. xvi, 673 (2) pp. FIRST EDITION. Red cloth with illustration, title in silver on spine, unclipped dust jacket preserved in mylar, first page coming loose. A lovely copy from the epic Sattler collection. Item #18357
First edition, as stated. Illustrations throughout by John Napper. “The central plot concerns the quest of a noble but somewhat befuddled old police chief to get hold of and, more important, understand a strange magician called the ‘Sunlight Man.’ … The two mad idealists hunt each other until each drives his enemy into a bedrock humanness, stripped of illusion, full of grace,” (dust jacket).
John Champlin Gardner Jr. (1933-1982) was an American author known for his novel Grendel, a retelling of Beowulf told from the monster’s point of view. He was also an essayist, literary critic, and university professor.
Price: $200.00