City Of Night
by Rechy, John
City of Night is a novel written by John Rechy. It was originally published in 1963 in New York by Grove Press. Earlier excerpts had appeared in Evergreen Review, Big Table, Nugget, and The London Magazine. City of Night is notable for its exposé approach to and stark depiction of hustling, as well as its stream of consciousness narrative style.
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City of Night
by Rechy, John
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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new york, New York, USA
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$150.00
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New York: Grove Press, 1963. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket, just a lttle wear around the top edge, a few short closed tears. Completely clean inside and out. The jacket is not price-clipped or sunned. Stated first printing. This was John Rechy's debut novel about the gay urban nightlife and subculture, not just… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
City Of Night
by Rechy, John
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- Used
- Edition
- First evergreen edition/2nd Printing
- Published
- 1988
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- Paper
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- 9780802130839
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brooklyn, New York, USA
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$150.00
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New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1988. First evergreen edition/2nd Printing . Paper. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY JOHN RECHY. Major gay novel about hustlers and the seedy lives they live from New York to L.A. and all points in between. The novel made a big bang when 1st published in 1963 and has continued to this day to have a lasting… Read more about this item Item Price
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City of Night
by Rechy, John, cover photo by Richard Seaver
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- 1964
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Grove Press, 1964. Paperback. 380p., very good first paperback edition stated in worn covers. Young 3231* 1296. Item Price
$15.00
City of Night
by John Rechy
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$100.00
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New York: Grove Press, Inc., (1963). 410pp. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Faint offsetting to endpapers; near fine with the dustwrapper in like condition. First edition, first printing of Rechy's debut novel. "A young male homosexual attempts to break out of his introversion by testing himself in the homosexual underworld across the country. Scenes in Los Angeles and San Francisco." (Baird… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
City of Night
by Rechy, John
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine to Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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SANTA BARBARA, California, USA
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$95.40
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New York: Grove Press, 1963. Nice copy in its first printing. Landmark book that for the first time looks squarely at sex between men. Unmarked, tight and square. Bright and fresh. Light area of offset to hinge area, else fine. Price intact jacket has short crease near top edge of back panel only flaw… Read more about this item Item Price
$95.40
City of Night
by Rechy, John
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good+
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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$40.00
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Grove Press, 1963. 1st ed., 5th printing (stated). FINE copy, no apparent flaws, appears unread in a VG+ price intact ($5.95) jacket with light/minor edge wear. 410 pp. Item Price
$40.00
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City of Night
by John Rechy
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- Used - Very good, slightest cant to spine and gentlest wear to edges and corners
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- Very good, ends of spine have some chipping and wear, a couple 1/2" to 1" tears at bottom and top of cover where remnants of tap
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- First edition, first printing
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- 1963
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- Hardcover octavo, black boards with silver spine lettering in a pictorial dust jacket, 410 pp
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Ridgewood, New York, USA
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$75.00
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New York City, NY: Grove Press, 1963. First edition, first printing. Hardcover octavo, black boards with silver spine lettering in a pictorial dust jacket, 410 pp. Very good, slightest cant to spine and gentlest wear to edges and corners/Very good, ends of spine have some chipping and wear, a couple 1/2" to 1" tears at bottom and top of… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
City of Night
by John Rechy
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Ballantine Printing
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- 1973
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Cottage Grove, Oregon, USA
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$35.00
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Tight, square spine has some cosmetic creasing. Clean, unmarked interior. Some very minor shelf-wear and toning to the pages. 'Outside, the rain is coming furiously,' Rechy writes in this classic hustling chronicle that a contemporary New York Times review said ''show[s] the grubby, lonely, nearly psychotic underside of such a life.' The unnamed narrator 'stand[s] under the marquee wondering where… Read more about this item Item Price
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CITY OF NIGHT
by Rechy, John
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- Used - Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Published
- 2013
- ISBN
- 9780802121530
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Grove Press, 2013. Later Printing. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very Good. xi + 491pp. A classic of American literature, with an introduction, and a new interview with the author. Item Price
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City of Night
by Rechy, John
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1963
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$1,500.00
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New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1963. First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Rechy on the front free endpaper in ink, "Best wishes John Rechy." 410pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in silver, black topstain. Very Good+ with lean to binding, slightly bumped corners. Former owner's address sticker remnants at front pastedown.… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,500.00
City Of Night
by Rechy, John
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394508610
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Pasadena, California, USA
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$99.00
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New York City: The Grove Press, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 410 Pp. Black Cloth, Spine Lettered In Silver. First Printing Stated. Near Fine, Bright And Clean, No Markls. Dust Jacket P;Riced $5.95, First State Dust Jacket With"Groping" On Third Line Of Front Flap Text, Worn, Fraying At Corners.
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$99.00
City of Night (Rechy, John)
by John Rechy
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Evergreen Edition
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- 1988
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- 9780802130839
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London, London, GBR
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$11.30
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'Rechy tells the truth, and tells it with such passion that we are forced to share in the life he conveys. This is a most humbling achievement'.
JAMES BALDWIN Item Price
$11.30
History of the American People
by Muzzey, David Saville
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- Used - Good with No dust jacket as issued;
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- 1938
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- Hardcover
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Odessa, Texas, USA
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$50.50
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Boston, MA: Ginn and Company. Good with No dust jacket as issued;. 1938. Hardcover. Sm 8vo 7-1/2" ~ 8"; 762 pages; Green Cloth Binding. Book Shows Some Wear. Some Shelf Rubbing. Text has pencil marking on some pages. No Dust Jacket. . Item Price
$50.50
City of Night
by John Rechy
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- New
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- Paperback / softback
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- 9781788166713
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Southport, Merseyside, GBR
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$15.11
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Paperback / softback. New. Item Price
$15.11
City of Night
by Rechy, John
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- Used: Good
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- 1994-01-13
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- Paperback
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- 9780802130839
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Binghamton, New York, USA
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$32.00
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Grove Press, 1994-01-13. Paperback. Used: Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Good conditioning. Some creasing and stains. Item Price
$32.00
City of Night
by RECHY, John
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$85.00
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New York: Grove Press, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Modest toning on endpapers, slight rubbing at extremities, near fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny nicks and a few short tears, and light rubbing. Item Price
$85.00
City of Night
by John Rechy
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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$125.00
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New York: Grove, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Item Price
$125.00
City of Night
by Rechy, John
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- UsedVeryGood
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- 9780802121530
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Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$20.24
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UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear Item Price
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City of Night Rechy, John
by John Rechy
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- Used - Good
- ISBN
- 9780394171470
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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$25.76
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Good. First ed., sixth printing, in no DJ. HC dark blue cloth. Some ext. shelfwear. inside: Unmarked. Item Price
$25.76
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City Of Night
by John Rechy
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- Used - Good
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- 1964
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- Hardback
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Oswestry, Shropshire, GBR
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$37.62
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MacGibbon & Kee, 1964. Hardback. Good. First UK edition first printing hardback, 1964, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards slightly rubbed with a couple small marks. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear… Read more about this item Item Price
$37.62