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New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1969. First Edition, Second Printing (stated on copyright page). Hardcover. Octavo. 8-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches. 190 pp. Near Fine / Near Fine. Publisher's black cloth over board. Spine stamped in metallic blue. White endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs from the original New York production. Unclipped first issue dust jacket with Clovis Trouille painting reproduced on front panel. Shows $5.00 and GP-603 on front flap. Black cloth clean and un-worn. Stamping to spine bright and unrubbed. Tips sharp. Binding tight with slight lean. Endpapers clean and bright. Text block unmarked and clean throughout. Dustjacket has slight edge curling and a tiny, closed corner tear at heel. Dust jacket now in protective archival sleeve.

The avant-garde "entertainment with music," devised by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan and directed by Jacques Levy, consisted of sketches provided by Julian Barry, Samuel Beckett, Jules Feiffer, Dan Greenburg, John Lennon, Pat McCormick,… Read More

Chicago: Newsstand Library Magenta Books, 1961. First Edition (PBO), First Printing, U-158. Mass market paperback. Sextodecimo. 6.25 x 4.25 inches. 192 pp. Near Fine in wraps. All edges stained orange. Racy pulp fiction cover art by Robert Bonfils. Inscribed by author to his friend and fellow author, Joe Hensley, "Joe - - Now I'm up with you. Let's race for the next one! Hugh Zachary." Binding square and secure. Slight edge wear and rubbing. Slight crease to back wrap lower leading corner. Internally unmarked and clean. Pages toned. Pulp novel of murder and lust. "Adult Reading" as stated on front wrap. "Just to talk to Charlie was enough to make you feel the violence imprisoned within his monstrous hulk." Now in protective archival sleeve.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First Edition, "Second printing before publication." Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. 311 pp, numbered alternately. Very Good / Very Good. Association copy. Inscribed by the author on half-title page in the year of publication to friend and fellow writer Joe L. Hensley, "For Joe and Char, All the best, John and Dorothy, 6 May '84." Three-quarter black paper over quarter black cloth over boards, silhouette of cathedral stamped in black in upper quarter of front board, spine bearing stamped foil silver titles. Slight corner bumping. .75 x .25-inch closed tear to top of pp 149/150, else Very Good. Glossy pictorial dust jacket has light browning along top edge of front panel, curling to bottom edge of rear flap, slight bumping at corners, and half-inch closed tear on front panel one-half inch from heel of spine. Price of $15.95 unclipped. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover.