Men Die
by Humes, H.L. (Harold Louis)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1959. Book. Illus. by Sam March (dust jacket design). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Humes's second novel, following 'The Underground City,' both of which led to his being considered by Esquire magazine as having the same promise as two obscure guys named Updike and Styron (whoever they are). Anyway, he met a guy named Leary who introduced him to a little substance known as LSD, and after seriously indulging his fondness for the hallucinogen he became a trifle paranoid and a bit delusional, which pretty much ended his writing career. Humes was co-founder (with Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton) of The Paris Review. He died of prostate cancer in 1992. Black cloth w/gilt lettering, 184 pages. Mildly cocked, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light rubbing, light edgewear, creases to fore-edges of both flaps..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017723
- Title
- Men Die
- Author
- Humes, H.L. (Harold Louis)
- Illustrator
- Sam March (dust jacket design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- Small octavo
- Keywords
- NOISBN, AMERICAN WRITERS, INTRIGUE, SAM MARCH, PARIS REVIEW, LITERARY FIGURES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction (hardcover);
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