The Orton diaries: Including the correspondence of Edna Welthorpe and others
by Orton, Joe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060157437
- ISBN 13
- 9780060157432
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very good first American edition in jacket (has 2 ink inscriptions; else a near fine copy internally). 304 pages + plates. Includes diary entries from December 1966 to August 1967, plus 3 appendixes (including the 'Edna Welthorpe' correspondence and a biographical chronology), editor's note and introduction, plus bibliographical references and index. 'First U.S. Edition' and number line from 10 to 1 on title page verso. Signed and inscribed by editor Lahr in blue ink on half-title page ('Happy 24 / John Lahr').Over 45 b/w Illustrations (including plates; Chiefly Portrait photographs); Pictorial Endpapers (dark green/white).
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005519515
- Title
- The Orton diaries: Including the correspondence of Edna Welthorpe and others
- Author
- Orton, Joe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060157437
- ISBN 13
- 9780060157432
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Literary Biography biography diaries playwrights homosexuality literary biography english literature gay studies, , , , , , , ,
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