MR. EVENING: A STORY & NINE POEMS - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
by Purdy, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of three copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and binder, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Purdy on the colophon. Octavo (24cm); decorative paper-covered boards and blue cloth backstrip; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [x],41,[3]pp, with an original ink drawing by Purdy following the dedication page. Light sunning to lower edge of front board, lower right corner of the dedication page neatly clipped by the publisher, else Near Fine, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Purdy's second collection published by the press; the story and one of the poems first appeared in the pages of Harper's Bazaar and East and West Magazine. Morrow and Cooney 46b.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6067
- Title
- MR. EVENING: A STORY & NINE POEMS - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
- Author
- Purdy, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1968
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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