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Denver, CO: Verb Publications, 1965. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. 47 pp. Signed by John Williams on the front free end paper, and inscribed to a former owner, Thomas McClean. Bound in publisher's grey cloth over boards, stamped in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Rubbing to extremities and gilt. Previous owner has written his name to front paste down, and added three words on the contents page. Williams' extremely scarce collection of poetry which was published the same year as Stoner, printed in an edition of merely 425 copies.
The Necessary Lie by WILLIAMS, John - 1965
by WILLIAMS, John
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The Necessary Lie
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Denver: Verb Publications, 1965. First paperback edition. Paperback. Paperback. First paperback edition. A near fine book in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Some rubbing and toning to the front and rear covers. This is the first paperback edition of the the scarce collection of poetry by John Williams, author of Stoner, Augustus and Butcher's Crossing.
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- Date Published 1965
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Denver, CO: Verb Publications, 1965. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. 47 pp. Bound in publisher's grey cloth over boards, stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing, light soiling and light wear to cloth, light browning to endsheets. In a Near Fine dust jacket with several short edge tears, toning, small stain to spine and small chip at foot. Williams'collection of poetry which was published the same year as Stoner, printed in an edition of merely 425 copies and extremely scarce in the original dust jacket.
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