City of Night
by Rechy, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine to Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1963. Nice copy in its first printing. Landmark book that for the first time looks squarely at sex between men. Unmarked, tight and square. Bright and fresh. Light area of offset to hinge area, else fine. Price intact jacket has short crease near top edge of back panel only flaw to jacket. IN mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine to Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
City of Night is a novel written by John Rechy. It was originally published in 1963 in New York by Grove Press. Earlier excerpts had appeared in Evergreen Review, Big Table, Nugget, and The London Magazine. City of Night is notable for its exposé approach to and stark depiction of hustling, as well as its stream of consciousness narrative style.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017320
- Title
- City of Night
- Author
- Rechy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine to Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.