From Better Read Than Dead, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 11 January 2023
About this Item
First Edition of Elmslie's experimental romans-a-clef, loosely inspired by Mann's Buddenbrooks and strange enough to be excerpted and included in a science-fiction anthology from Thomas Disch. Near Fine in a Very Good unclipped jacket, lightly scuffed and edge worn. Hardcover octavo in illustrated dust jacket. Red blind stamped cloth backed with black spine bearing gilt-stamped lettering. Publisher's maroon endpapers. 247pp. Seller Inventory # 2774
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Orchid Stories
Publisher: Paris Review Edition / Doubleday, Garden City, NY
Publication Date: 1973
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Jacket painting by Joe Brainard
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First Edition, stated.
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