PRESENTATION/ASSOCIATION FIRST EDITION OF MAUVE GLOVES, BOLDLY INSCRIBED BY TOM WOLFE TO MAVERICK FILM DIRECTOR PAUL BARTEL
(BARTEL, Paul) WOLFE, Tom. Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine, and other stories, sketches, and essays. Illustrated by the author. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976). Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket.
First edition of Wolfe's critically-praised and highly satiric “chronicle of our national adventure," a distinctive presentation/association copy boldly inscribed by him with his customary flourish to the noted film director and brilliant fellow satirist, "To Paul Bartel, Tom Wolfe," with over 20 full- and double-page illustrations from drawings by Wolfe.
In Mauve Decade, Tom Wolfe “evolved from a mere wit into one of the better caricaturists of the age”(New York Times). Its eleven essays, together in book form for the first time, remind us “how often Wolfe's refusal to be respectful toward any subject has produced both illumination and laughter” (Time). Here “Wolfe tackles all sorts of subjects ranging from life on an aircraft carrier (brilliantly described) to the goings-on at a convention of National Enquirer freelance writers… The master of trivia also offers an underlying theme in his essays and stories: the enormous gap (as he perceives it) between the intellectuals' negative view of America and the positive reality” (Wall Street Journal). This presentation copy possesses an especially memorable association in Wolfe’s inscription to film director, screenwriter and actor Paul Bartel who, like Wolfe, was acclaimed for his satiric take on American culture. Bartel’s witty “taste for farce, black humor and social satire was reflected” in critically-praised films such as Eating Raoul (1982), Death Race 2000 (1975) and Lust in the Dust (1985) (New York Times). "First printing, 1976" stated on copyright page. Featuring over 20 full- and double-page illustrations by Wolfe, including frontispiece and a comic strip titled, The Man Who Always Peaked Too Soon. With essays serialized in magazines such as Esquire, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone and Harper's Magazine.
A fine presentation copy with a striking association.