The Return of the Rivers (Author of: The Abortion, Please Plant This Book, In Watermelon Sugar, Trout Fishing in America, A Confederate General From Big Sur, Revenge of the Lawn, Lay the Marble Tea, The Hawkline Monster, Dreaming of Babylon, The Tokyo-Montana Express, & Others)
by Brautigan, Richard
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Not Issued
- Seller
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Mission Viejo, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Inferno Press, 1957. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First printing. Extremely rare. The poem, "Return of the Rivers" is printed on a single sheet of white paper folded in half to make two pages. It is housed in a black paper cover with very light edge fading folded in half with a paper label signed "Richard Brautigan". A small circle of glue used to attach the poem sheet to the cover has bled through to both sheets. "The Return of the Rivers" is by far the rarest of all Brautigan items and possibly the rarest item in modern literature. OCLC lists only two copies held at the University of Virginia and UC Berkeley. Housed in a beautiful folding box with marbled boards, black morocco spine and cover label stamped in gilt. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
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- Bookseller
- Cahill Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2058
- Title
- The Return of the Rivers (Author of: The Abortion, Please Plant This Book, In Watermelon Sugar, Trout Fishing in America, A Confederate General From Big Sur, Revenge of the Lawn, Lay the Marble Tea, The Hawkline Monster, Dreaming of Babylon, The Tokyo-Montana Express, & Others)
- Author
- Brautigan, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Inferno Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1957
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Mission Viejo, California
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled boards
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....