Joint von blake james (11 Ergebnisse)
Verlag: Doubleday 1971
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 382 pages. Light shelf wear, pages yellowed; a sound square binding. Paris Review Editions. The jacket has some chips and tears to the edges; discoloring. Prison. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 223690.
Verlag: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York 1971
- Hardcover
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Cloth. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. Paris Review Edition. 382p. Name and book plate on front endpaper, jacket rubbed with stain on back and chips to edges. Selections from The Joint originally appeared in The Paris Review and Esquire. A classic prison memoir that would make Blake (1922-1979), the gay ja…zz pianist, a sensation. (8-1/2"x5-3/4").
- Softcover
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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Chronicle of life in prison, in letters to friendsJames Blake was university trained and a pianist, who spent almost half his adult life in prison in the USA. Prison offered him a refuge - and a 'freedom' the outside world did not.Introduction by William…Styron.Green covers, gilt titles on spine. Top cut edges spotted. Dustjacket with photo of letters on the front, and of the author inside the back cover. D/J edges worn and with tears top and bottom.
Verlag: Doubleday, NY 1971
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Foxing to the edges of the textblock, else a very good hardback in a slightly rubbed jacket is foxed at the folds and has a tiny spot of loss at the top of the rear panel.
Verlag: Paris Review Editions / Doubleday, Garden City 1971
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 382pp. Pertinent newspaper clipping laid in causing offsetting on front fly, cloth edges modestly sunned, near fine in a very good modestly edgeworn dust jacket with spine lightly sunned.
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
- Signiert
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Secker & Warburg, London, UK. 1972. 237 pgs. Signed and inscrbed by Jim Blake on the FFEP. Laid in TLS from Jim Blake laid in with the envelope. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear… present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "The Joint" is a book by James Blake, published in 1971, that consists of letters he wrote while serving time in prison. The book is an autobiography of letters, detailing his experiences as a petty thief and musician who found a strange sense of contentment in prison life. E-182; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages; Signed by Author.
Verlag: Doubleday & Company, New York 1971
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. 379pp. Slight edgewear else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight toning and edgewear.
Verlag: Doubleday, Garden City 1971
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 382pp. Faint foxing on page edges and modest edgewear else near fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny chips and tears, and modest rubbing on the rear panel.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Doubleday & Company, Inc. and Paris Review Editions, Garden, City, NY 1971
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, USAJeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
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dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 382 pages. Review copy with laid in slip and promotional letter. An interesting book that is a collection of letters from Blake who, despite being a well educated man and an accomplished piano player, spent much of his adult life in prison. Some of the letters in th…e book first appeared in The Paris Review and it was George Plimpton who championed Blake and brought the book to Doubleday to be published. A clean and tight very near fine copy in two tone cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. A nicer than usual copy.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Secker & Warburg, London 1972
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. The first UK edition of this collection of letters written by James Blake while he was in prison, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First UK Edition, scarce.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This is a collection of…letters that James Blake sent to friends and family while in jail, which recount 'detailed accounts of love affairs' as well as other poignant and dramatic subjects.Contents are grouped under nine different parts, such as 'Petit larceny, breaking and entering', 'The happy islanders', 'The world well lost', and 'You can go home again'.With an introduction by William Styron (1925-2006), an American novelist and essayist. He was particularly well-known for his memoir 'Darkness Visible', which chronicled his struggle with depression.James Carlos Blake is an American writer, sometimes referred to as one of the best writers on 'mythical American outlaw life'. He has written a range of short-stories, novellas, and novels, including 'Aliens in the Garden', 'The Outsider', 'The Pistoleer', and 'Under the Skin'.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with no noticeable faults other than a bit of fading to the top edge of boards. Dust wrapper is excellent, with minimal edge wear to the top edge of wraps and a mark to the rear wrap. Light age-toning to the top edge of the reverse of wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.
Verlag: London: Secker & Warburg (1972) 1972
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First English edition, 8vo, 237, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., remnants of a later price sticker to the upper flap, very mild wear to the top edge, overall a very good copy.
