Quarry - Numbers 1, 2, 3
by Jenkins, Carolyn & Harney, John Paul - Eds
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Kingston: Writer's Workshop & Queen's University , 1952. the first 3 issues of this seminal & now legendary, long running literary magazine - all in vg condition - vol. 2 is inscribed by a contributor to his wife - vol. 3 was given a boost by C. Day Lewis' permission to publish his memoir of Dylan Thomas here for the first time [ this was the Dylan Thomas memorial issue ] - the cover of this issue is a fine wrap-around silk screened abstract art print by Clarence Barnes who later was a lecturer at U. of T., member of the gay artists collective JAC, & early Gay Academic Union activist - [ this cover was probably his first important published work ] - short signed autograph note by the editor laid in - fine copy - very scarce first issues .. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Clarence Barnes . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8554
- Title
- Quarry - Numbers 1, 2, 3
- Author
- Jenkins, Carolyn & Harney, John Paul - Eds
- Illustrator
- Clarence Barnes
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Writer's Workshop & Queen's University
- Place of Publication
- Kingston
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Canadian Little Magazines - C. Day Lewis - Dylan Thomas Canada Canadian Gay Literary History Gay Academic Union
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Literature;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Port Colborne, Ontario
About Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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