The Blue Train
by Powell, Lawrence Clark
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara; (1977): Capra Press. Limited Edition. Octavo. #98/.200 copies signed by the author,with afterword written by Henry Miller (originally written in 1941) 128pp. specially bound in light blue paper covered baords backed in black leather, spine lettering gilt, some fading to top and bottom edges, two corners bumped. A very good copy in near fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. "The only book by an American which deals with les amourettes and gives to these little passing loves the proper frame and frangrance....he gives credit to Powell's understanding of the erotic in an era when directness was not only frowned upon but could bot be published in the US.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015725
- Title
- The Blue Train
- Author
- Powell, Lawrence Clark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Capra Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara; (1977)
- Keywords
- Limited Edition Signed Dust Jacket
- Bookseller catalogs
- Lawrence Clark Powell;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Fine
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