The American Express
by Gregory Corso
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Olympia Press , 2005. The American Express Gregory Corso The scarce Olympia Press 2005 reissue ! **** Illustrated with drawings by the author **** A Very Good copy indeed with only very light signs of wear and overall handling. Bound in publishers soft covers. Very light shelfwear, top edge perhaps a tad dusty. Very small bumps to bottom front corners, but not really noticeable. No inscriptions with all pages present and correct and tightly bound. Very clean internally and a bright copy. A very presentable and well preserved copy overall. Very scarce edition of this landmark book to come across ! ''Corso wrote it in a month and called it The American Express, a title which sent a flutter through the company's Paris office. Girodias threw a big party in a nightclub to launch the book and invited executives from the American Express office.'' (from John de St Jorre, Venus Bound: The Erotic Voyage of the Olympia Press and its Writers, page 68).. First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION THUS.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001472
- Title
- The American Express
- Author
- Gregory Corso
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Olympia Press
- Date Published
- 2005
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The Rare Book Shelf
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Herefordshire
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bumps
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.