The Homecoming Game
by Nemerov, Howard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957 First edition, stated first printing. Signed by Howard Nemerov directly on the title page. Basis for a Broadway play and Hollywood movie, "Tall Story," featuring Jane Fonda, in her debut film, and Anthony Perkins. Signed association copy, from the Library of Elbert Lenrow, author and 20th-Century pedagogue, taught courses in American & European literature at the New School for Social Research attended by Nemerov, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, et al.. Elbert Lenrow's ownership signature (dated on month/year of publication) on the front-free-endpage. Lenrow's underlining and annotations throughout the text. Aside from Lenrow's notations, book in fine condition; dust jacket with a few closed tears, shallow chipping along edge, and some tanning to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021202
- Title
- The Homecoming Game
- Author
- Nemerov, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Beat Literature, Fiction, Signed association copy, two time Poet Laureate recipient, National Book Award for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and Bollingen Prize.
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About the Seller
Idler Fine Books
Biblio member since 2003
Las Vegas , Nevada
About Idler Fine Books
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....