LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN [Inscribed]
by Selby Jr., Hubert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 304 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dust jacket. White spine with black and red text. Dust jacket has chipping to spine edges, closed tear to head edge of front cover, and tearing to corners. Textblock has brown stains from verso of dedication page to page 16, writing in pencil on front endpaper, and light brown stain on fore edge. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Shelved Room A. Hubert Selby Jr.'s first book. 1372872. Special Collections.
Synopsis
Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby, Jr. The novel has become a cult classic because of its harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s and for its brusque, everyman style of prose. Although critics and fellow writers praised the book on its release, Last Exit to Brooklyn caused much controversy due to its frank portrayals of taboo subjects, such as drug use, street violence, gang rape, homosexuality, transvestism and domestic violence.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1372872
- Title
- LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN [Inscribed]
- Author
- Selby Jr., Hubert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Jacket
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- Chipping
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Fore Edge
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Octavo
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- Title Page
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....