The Island
by CREELEY, Robert
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: John Calder, 1963. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. A neat, tight copy. First UK edition, first impression. Octavo in original wrappers, 190 pages. Some fading to wrapper. Robert Creeley (1926 - 2005), one of America's leading poets was a a friend and contemporary of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Jackson Pollock. 'The Island' (Creeley's only novel) is based on his experiences on Majorca in 1953. It's an impressionistic autobiography, a fractured account of his difficult marriage and the social scene on Majorca.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709017
- Title
- The Island
- Author
- CREELEY, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- John Calder
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- FICTION AMERICA BEAT GENERATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Beat Generation;
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About the Seller
Sad Paradise Books
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Rippleside, Victoria
About Sad Paradise Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...