Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Alice Laughlin (illustrator). Author's first book. Poet Karl Shapiro's copy, signed by Shapiro. Some browning in the gutters, a few spots, else very good in a price-intact dust jacket with protective mylar wrap.
Published by New Directions, New York, 1957
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. New York: New Directions, 1957. First edition with the Edel introduction and Laughlin illustrations. This novel was reportedly the inspiration for James Joyce's stream-of-consciousness method of writing. Light orange/tan hardcover with dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages, no names or other markings. The dustjacket is priceclipped with an additional price label on the flap, very good with some shelf soil, a darkened but legible spine, minor shelf soil. . First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.