Memos From Purgatory ---By Harlan Ellison
by Ellison, Harlan
Hemingway said, "A man should never write what he doesn't know," In the mid-fifties, Harlan Ellison--kicked out of college and hungry to write--went to New York to start his writing career. It was a time of street gangs, rumbles, kids with switchblades and zip guns made from car radio antennas. Ellison was barely out of his teens himself, but he took a phony name, moved into Brooklyn's dangerous Red Hook section and managed to con his way into a "bopping club." What he experienced (and the time he spent in jail as a result) was the basis for the violent story that Alfred Hitchcock filmed as the first of his hour-long TV dramas...This autobiography is a book whose message you won't be able to ignore or forget.
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Memos From Purgatory
by Ellison Harlan
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New York, NY, 1975. First printing. Soft Cover. Fine/No Dust jacket. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Pyramid Ellison #3. [SIGNED]. Flat- SIGNED by Ellison on the title page. Pyramid Ellison uniform edition. Unread condition. Very light bumping and scuffing. Binding square and solid. Illustrator: Leo and Diane Dillon.… Read more about this item Item Price
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NY: Regency Books, 1961. 1st printing, Sept. 1951; #RB 106. Cover art by the Dillons. Edge nicks and wear; tanning; creasing.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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MEMOS FROM PURGATORY
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New York: Pyramid Books [1975]. Very Good. 1975. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0515037060 . First edition thus. "An ugly slice from the life of the most honored SF writer of our time. Street gans, gail and death; true, powerful, unforgettabale. An Ellison you've never encountered before". 204 pages. VG+/Near Fine copy. . Item Price
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NY: Pyramid Books, 1975. Mass market paperback. Very good. Mass market paperback. First printing. Very good in publisher's wraps with a tight, straight spine.
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Regency RB106, 1961 First printing September 1961 in Good condition. A Paperback Original. Cover art by Leo & Diane Dillon. Signed on the title page (signature only) by Harlan Ellison.. Signed by Author. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Item Price
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New York: Pyramid Books, 1975. Book. Illus. by Leo Dillon; Diane Dillon;. Very Good+. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. 204 pp. Harlan Ellison Uniform Edition Book 3. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon.. Item Price
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MEMOS FROM PURGATORY
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Jove / HBJ Books, New York, 1977. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. Colour illustrated paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Yellow coloured tint to the text block edges. Colour photograph of author to the rear panel. Quoting the rear panel blurb "… Read more about this item Item Price
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MEMOS FROM PURGATORY
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MEMOS FROM PURGATORY, Powell Publications, 1969, just about fine in wraps. The author among "The Barons," a gang of tough delinquents from Brooklyn. From the collection of esteemed Canadian fandom member Michael Glicksohn. Item Price
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Memos From Purgatory
by Harlan Ellison
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Memos From Purgatory
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