Author Name: Purdy, James
Title: I Am Elijah Thrush
Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket Edition: First Edition; First Printing Publisher: NY Doubleday 1972 ISBN Number: 0385047983 / 9780385047982 Illustrator: Illustrated by November, David
Seller ID: 16156
120 pages; Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Bright tan on bright green cloth boards with purple lettering and illustation to front cover. An inscription to Donald Gallup (Donnie) , a noted bibliographer, editor and art and book collector who spent more than three decades as a library curator at Yale, from the Author (Jamie) on the list of books page. Also signed on the title page. Tiny bit of shelf rub at spine tips. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is a lightly rubbed at top spine tip and front flap fold. Now in protective sleeve. An excellent gift! James Purdy recounts this comedy with a delicately controlled balance of whimsy and pathos, of the heroic and the bizarre.; Signed by Author
Fiction
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