John Fury: a novel in four parts
by Dunphy, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1946. Hardcover. 269p., very good first edition stated in black cloth boards with red panels and gilt titles on front cover and spine, in a good, unclipped red dj with wear at head of the spine and corners. Dunphy was a companion of Truman Capote, his "Dear Genius" relates their life together which is also explored in Ryan Murphy's wonderful "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans" with Jack portrayed by the lovely Joe Mantello. This was his first book and novel which concerns an Irish-American family man and worker in Philadelphia. No homosexual content but his later book, "Friends and Vague Lovers" is Young 1109.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 320364
- Title
- John Fury: a novel in four parts
- Author
- Dunphy, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gay Studies; Modern first edition; 1940S; Pennsylvania;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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