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by Rechy, John
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/FINE
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Grove Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/FINE. SIGNED and inscribed on the FFEP to his friend and fellow Angeleno, the photographer Stathis Orphanos. Stathis and his partner, Ralph Sylvester, comprised the LA fine-press publishers Sylvester and Orphanos. 256pp., Brown cloth, black stamped spine lettering. A FINE copy without qualification, exceedingly clean and sharp with crisp, fresh pages; in FINE DJ, entirely crisp and bright with price of 5.00 intact. Rechy's second novel'Through all the sexual episodes, the self-indulgence which comprises Johnny Rio's tawdry world, there resounds the universal cry of a human being's desperate need to be loved.' -- From the DJ flap, which includes a drawing of the author by Don Bachardy.
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- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 503960
- Title
- NUMBERS
- Author
- Rechy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Date Published
- 1967
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Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Arches Bookhouse
Biblio member since 2022
Portland, Oregon
About Arches Bookhouse
Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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