If It Please You (Signed limited edition)
by Carver, Raymond
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. Limited edition. Fine. A presentation copy, outside of the limited edition of 200 numbered copies and twenty-six lettered copies, signed by the author on a leaf before the title page. A Fine copy. Bound in salmon-colored boards printed with bingo card design with black cloth backstrip and gilt title on spine. Only the slightest fading to the spine, interior as new.
Raymond Carver's short story (also called After the Denim in other publications) follows a retired accountant James Packer and his wife Edith as they play the game Bingo at the local community center. James becomes increasingly annoyed by a younger couple and later resents their seeming lack of troubles.
Publisher Herbert Yellin (1935-2014) established his small fine press in Northridge in 1978 to celebrate his favorite modern authors, from poets to science fiction writers. Lord John Press was committed to producing exquisite editions and this copy is a perfect example of that mission. Fine.
Raymond Carver's short story (also called After the Denim in other publications) follows a retired accountant James Packer and his wife Edith as they play the game Bingo at the local community center. James becomes increasingly annoyed by a younger couple and later resents their seeming lack of troubles.
Publisher Herbert Yellin (1935-2014) established his small fine press in Northridge in 1978 to celebrate his favorite modern authors, from poets to science fiction writers. Lord John Press was committed to producing exquisite editions and this copy is a perfect example of that mission. Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6178
- Title
- If It Please You (Signed limited edition)
- Author
- Carver, Raymond
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Lord John Press
- Place of Publication
- Northridge
- Date Published
- 1984
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