Last Exit To Brooklyn. (Presentation copy)
by Hubert Selby Jr
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, Inc., (1964). Octavo. 304pp. Hardcover. Textblock's edges with faint soil; near fine in like dustwrapper.
First edition, first printing of Selby's novel of lower class Brooklyn during the 1950s with themes of drug use, homosexuality, drag queens, and prostitution. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed: "Dear Doug-It is obvious that you are not trapped, But have found the way to a freedom Those looking for an Exit have yet to find. I trust you will continue on your way To fulfillment. Love, H. Selby Jr. 11-13-78." Last Exit was the subject of an obscenity trial in England. It was made into a film in 1989 by the German director Uli Edel.
Synopsis
Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby, Jr. The novel has become a cult classic because of its harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s and for its brusque, everyman style of prose. Although critics and fellow writers praised the book on its release, Last Exit to Brooklyn caused much controversy due to its frank portrayals of taboo subjects, such as drug use, street violence, gang rape, homosexuality, transvestism and domestic violence.
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- Bookseller
- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3732540
- Title
- Last Exit To Brooklyn. (Presentation copy)
- Author
- Hubert Selby Jr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About the Seller
Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...