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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF BILLY THE KID. LEFT HANDED POEMS with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ONDAATJE, Michael (Arthur Penn)
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- About Fine
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
[Toronto]: Anansi, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. About Fine. Wraps issue published simultaneously with the hardcover issue, this being the first state without the award statement. A superb Association Copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to film director Arthur Penn: "who has his own painful/beautiful [crossed out] version/Michael Ondaatje/Feb. 71." Laid in is a full-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) by Ondaatje to Penn also dated Feb. 1971. In part: "One of the first movies I remember as a teenager was Left Handed Gun. Tho I didn't then know who directed, acted, etc. It was only a long time later when watching it and the moon shooting scene came up that I found out it was your work + I realized it had been for some time part of my blood. So at some moments my version of Billy's story is made up of what I remember of your version-- I have two tales of Charlie's death, one yours...."
Arthur Penn's first feature film was THE LEFT HANDED GUN, starring Paul Newman in a role meant for James Dean. Penn is better known for his later work: BONNIE AND CLYDE, THE MIRACLE WORKER, ALICE'S RESTAURANT, and others.
Arthur Penn's first feature film was THE LEFT HANDED GUN, starring Paul Newman in a role meant for James Dean. Penn is better known for his later work: BONNIE AND CLYDE, THE MIRACLE WORKER, ALICE'S RESTAURANT, and others.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019154
- Title
- THE COLLECTED WORKS OF BILLY THE KID. LEFT HANDED POEMS with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
- Author
- ONDAATJE, Michael (Arthur Penn)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Anansi
- Place of Publication
- [Toronto]
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Signed, Canadian Poetry, Michael Ondaatje, Modern Firsts, Canadian Literature, Modern Poetry, Inscribed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Association Copy; Canadian Literature;
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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