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The Beat Scene
by Wilentz, Elias
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Citadel Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1960. 1st Printing. Softcover. Original pictorial card covers are clean, unfaded, rubbed along the spine and cover edges; spine is uncreased. Long diagonal crease to bottom corner of front cover. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean, unmarked and crease-free, appear unread. Overall, covers are Good, contents are near Fine. . This is a tour de force, being a b/w photographic tribute to the beat scene, with every major and plenty of minor beat writers and other artists represented, about 90 of them in all. Also includes many poems and other writings from those represented. A solid copy of a classic. First edition. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 185 pages. U1 .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sweet Beagle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28403
- Title
- The Beat Scene
- Author
- Wilentz, Elias
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Citadel Press
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- The Beats, Photographs, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sweet Beagle Books
Biblio member since 2003
Bloomington, Indiana
About Sweet Beagle Books
SWEET BEAGLE BOOKS is strictly an online company (no bricks and mortar) with thousands of classic, collector editions, out-of-print and rare books. Nearly all items we list are in very good to fine condition, with the few exceptions noted in the item descriptions.
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