NY, Grove Press, (1964). His first novel, after several small press poetry collections. Signed by Brautigan, with a drawing of a trout, and dated September 11, 1966. Brautigan's writings influenced an entire generation and, although he fell out of literary favor for a time -- culminating in his suicide in 1984 -- there was a resurgence of interest in his writings as he came to be seen as an American original whose whimsy, sensitivity and humor uniquely epitomized his time. Confederate General was issued by maverick publisher Barney Rosset, whose Grove Press had recently released long-banned works by such writers as Henry Miller, D.H. Lawrence, and William Burroughs, and who had published the Beat writers successfully, most especially Jack Kerouac. Brautigan's book did not find its target audience readily, and Grove, which had planned to publish his next novel, Trout Fishing in America, canceled the publication. Slight offsetting to the endpages and a little bit of foxing to the top edge; near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some top edge creasing to the rear panel. [#031340] SOLD