Two Novels : You Didn't Even Try [and] Imaginary Speeches for a Brazen Head
by WHALEN, Philip
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
Somerville, MA: Zephyr Press, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Somerville, MA: Zephyr Press, 1985. First edition, with laid-in errata slip. One of 300 unsigned hardcover copies, from a total edition of 1250. Xiii, 250pp. 8vo; red cloth. Some splitting to paper of front gutter, not affecting structural stability. Thus very good (+) in a like jacket, unclipped. Collects two novels by the American poet Philip Whalen (1923-2002), originally published in 1967 and 1972 respectively. With an introduction by Paul Christensen.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002613
- Title
- Two Novels : You Didn't Even Try [and] Imaginary Speeches for a Brazen Head
- Author
- WHALEN, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Zephyr Press
- Place of Publication
- Somerville, MA
- Date Published
- 1985
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