Nelson Algren's Own Book of Lonesome Monsters
by Algren, Nelson - editor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: Bernard Geis Associates / distributed by Random House, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. vi + 213, Intro by Algren, stories by Terry Southern, Thomas Pynchon, Joe Heller, Hughes Rudd, Saul Bellow, George P. Elliot, and several others. Capsule notes on the authors. early short stories by masters of black humor. Previous owner's name inked on ffep, else clean and unmarked pages. Bindiing tight. 5.8" x 8.75" 11/4 black cloth & orange papered boards in protected DJ. DJ chipped spine top & bottom, forecorners. .
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006931
- Title
- Nelson Algren's Own Book of Lonesome Monsters
- Author
- Algren, Nelson - editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bernard Geis Associates / distributed by Random House
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- black humor anthologies - fiction short stories late 1950's early 1960's.
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Spine
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