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The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer
by Kenneth Patchen
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- Hardcover
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Germantown, New York, United States
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About This Item
The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer by Kenneth Patchen
New Directions, New York, 1945. First edition. Blue cloth hardcover. Octavo, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 242 pp. A nice copy of the first edition - in very good condition, age toned, unmarked, without the jacket.
Kenneth Patchen's comic masterpiece is the hilarious saga of Albert Budd of Bivalve, New Jersey-a Candide-like innocent and part-time pornographer.
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- Bookseller
- Camphor Bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio1120
- Title
- The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer
- Author
- Kenneth Patchen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 242 pp
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- pornography, Patchen, New Directions, first edition, comedy, innocence, New Jersey, memoirs, post modern, amusement, American fiction, John Cage, book collectors
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Camphor Bookstore
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Germantown, New York
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