memoirs of a beatnik
by diane di prima
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
new york: olympia press, 1969. first edition, 1969.
erotic tales from di prima's experience in new york city during the mid-1950s. authored after she had moved to california with a group of counterculture types and their children. subsisting with limited financial means, di prima decided to write the book in order to support her cohort. the devious sexual adventures described are not entirely true-to-life; her editors returned each draft with the note "more sex".
new york: olympia press, inc. 4.4 x 6.9". 174 pages. softcover. bound in colored paper wrappers. book condition: thin quarter inch machine-grade loss to covers and block. reading creases to spine. very good -.
erotic tales from di prima's experience in new york city during the mid-1950s. authored after she had moved to california with a group of counterculture types and their children. subsisting with limited financial means, di prima decided to write the book in order to support her cohort. the devious sexual adventures described are not entirely true-to-life; her editors returned each draft with the note "more sex".
new york: olympia press, inc. 4.4 x 6.9". 174 pages. softcover. bound in colored paper wrappers. book condition: thin quarter inch machine-grade loss to covers and block. reading creases to spine. very good -.
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Details
- Bookseller
- leaves (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 858
- Title
- memoirs of a beatnik
- Author
- diane di prima
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- olympia press
- Place of Publication
- new york
- Date Published
- 1969
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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