CREEP [THE] by Jeffrey Frank - 1969

Canada: Dell Books., 1969. Book. Illus. by PHOTO Front and Back Covers;. Good / Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing;.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (DELL Books #1561; March 1969; 1st paperback Ed 1st Printing; 156 Pages; ** Frank's first novel, an unjustly neglected classic of urban alienation and the pathology of loneliness. ** The Turned on novel by Jeffery Frank, Soon to be a Major Movie (NOT sure the Movie was ever made; Possibly it has a different Title); ** Kirkus review; Bartholomew is a twenty-five year old midwesterner transplanted to ""the city""...i.e. New York, where he undergoes a strange mutation. An insecure drifter, dreamer, he takes an apartment and wanders the streets in search of an entree to the Beautiful People. We meet him after about two months and he hasn't met anyone long enough to be able to establish the most meager conversation. He's lonely and it's going to get worse as we view his abortive… Read More

London: Barrie and Rockliff, The Cresset Press, 1968. 1st London edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st London edition, 1968. A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 201 pp., bound in publishers black cloth in illustrated dust jacket, not price clipped. Jacket covers are rubbed especially along edges. Small rectangle cut out of rear cover. INSCRIBED by author inside front cover to Ed Yoder. Otherwise text is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. A SCARCE title from this publisher.

NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 201pp. First printing. Full blue cloth with red topstain and white spine titles. NF/NF. Light shelfwear, two small water spots to topstain, light toning to textblock. In an unclipped, "$4.50" jacket with light wear at spine ends, browning along the top edge, and "3.69" penned at base of front flap. Frank's first novel, an unjustly neglected classic of urban alienation and the pathology of loneliness. Dust jacket design by Janet Halverson.

The author's first novel, published when he was 22 years old. Frank was a senior editor at the New Yorker, and a deputy editor for The Washington Post. About fine in nearly fine dw with a short closed tear atop the front panel and a scuff mark also on the front panel. Warmly INSCRIBED to colleague Edith Oliver, New Yorker theater and film critic.