The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer
by Patchen, Kenneth
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: A New Directions Book, 1945. Somewhat critically neglected, Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was a major influence on the younger Beat Generation. Physically disabled, he produced beautiful painted poems. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Paperback Printing (stated). Trade Paperback NDP205. Clean text; 242 pages, with a three-page list of New Directions paperbacks in the rear.Tiny bit of sun around the margins, else a Fine copy.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005505
- Title
- The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer
- Author
- Patchen, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- A New Directions Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Trade Paperback
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...