Beat poet Corso's only novel. Inspired by his days in Europe, anxiously waiting for royalty checks and advances that were slow to appear, this freewheeling and farcical tale is the account of a birth in AmEx, and what came of it. With illustrations by the author. First published 1961 as No. 85 in the Traveller's Companion Series. First American publication.
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Beat poet Corso's only novel. Inspired by his days in Europe, anxiously waiting for royalty checks and advances that were slow to appear, this freewheeling and farcical tale is the account of a birth in AmEx, and what came of it. With illustrations by the author. First published 1961 as No. 85 in the Traveller's Companion Series. First American publication.
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Very Good. First edition. 16mo. Wrappers. Topedge foxed and preliminary and terminal leaves with a bit of faint foxing, a couple of nicks at the spine ends, very good or better, lacking the dust jacket.
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Near Fine. First edition. 16mo. Wrappers. Light wear including a tiny creased foredge tear affecting the cover and first couple of leaves, bright and near fine, lacking the dust jacket.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Wrappers. Fine in very good first state dustwrapper (no new price stamp) with two short tears at the crown and a bit of rubbing.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Wrappers. Fine in about fine first state dust jacket (no new price stamp) with some light scattered wear and bright red lettering.
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Gregory Corso. Near Fine in Very Good + jacket. SIGNED BY GREGORY CORSO on the front free endpaper. A crisp, very presentable copy to boot of the April 1961 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its Olympia-green wrappers. And in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with light fading to the titling along the front panel. Still though, handsome and appealing, and uncommon signed.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. 1st state with "15 N.F." printed price on rear wrap. No. 85 in the publisher's "The Traveller's Companion" series. Signed by Corso on the front free endpage. Perfect-bound printed wraps in pictoral dustjacket. Illustrations by Corso. Minimal shelfwear; dustjacket with minor shelfwear, mostly at the spine topedge, slight toning on spine and rear flap fold and small stain on spine. Tight and bright copy in Near Nine condition in a Very Good dustjacket. Corso's first novel.
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First edition. Signed by Corso on front free endpaper, "N.Y.C. 1992." 241 pp. Original green wraps with first issue price of 15 N.F. in photographic dust jacket. Fine in Near Fine stiff paper jacket, rubbed along edges with light wear at tail. An unread copy. The Beat poet's only novel, illustrated with his line drawings.