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Cities of the Red Night: A Boy's Book
by Burroughs, William S.; [inscribed to] Joan Didion
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0030539765
- ISBN 13
- 9780030539763
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Association copy: a softcover uncorrected proof from the library of Joan Didion, with a short signed letter dated 1980 from the director of advertising, publicity and promotion at the publisher conveying the proof to her in Los Angeles and asking for praise. A nice association between a countercultural Beat icon and one of the greatest documenters of counterculture. An extra-tall octavo in purple (lavender) wraps. Very good, with sunning to the top of the front cover as well as to spine, and a few light creases to corners of front wrap. A paper clip is attached to top of first page, with attendant impressions to page and to letter, which is otherwise fine. We invite you to explore our growing collection of signed and inscribed Didion items, including other books from her own library..
Synopsis
Cities of the Red Night is a novel by William S. Burroughs. It was the first book in the final trilogy of the beat author, and was first published in 1981. This was his first full-length novel since The Wild Boys a decade earlier. It is the first in a trilogy and is followed by The Place of Dead Roads and The Western Lands. The plot of this somewhat disjunctive work revolves around a group of revolutionaries who seek the freedom to live under the articles set out by Captain James Mission.
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- Seller
- Rural Hours
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 944
- Title
- Cities of the Red Night: A Boy's Book
- Author
- Burroughs, William S.; [inscribed to] Joan Didion
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0030539765
- ISBN 13
- 9780030539763
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Association copy, Beats, Uncorrected Proof
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Rural Hours
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La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
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