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The Ghost City
by Prokosch, Frederic
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Foil label shows a few tiny nicks and wrinkles; just about fine.
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Antwerp, 1959. First edition. Foil label shows a few tiny nicks and wrinkles; just about fine.. 12mo, unpag. chapbook on yellow paper in marbled wrappers with printed foil label on front, saddle-stitched;. Copy G out of a total edition of forty-four copies, with those numbered A-J being bound in "blueish" paper. One of Prokosch's famous "Butterfly Books" that he printed himself on handpress for private distribution. Inscribed by Prokosch at the front: "For Josephine with my love and gratitude! Frederic, Christmas 1960". Josephine Crane was a prominent New York socialite, a co-founder of the Museum of Modern Art, and the hostess of a regular literary salon at her Fifth Avenue apartment , where Prokosch was a frequent guest.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 205465
- Title
- The Ghost City
- Author
- Prokosch, Frederic
- Book Condition
- Used - Foil label shows a few tiny nicks and wrinkles; just about fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Place of Publication
- Antwerp
- Date Published
- 1959
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- Chapbook
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- G
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- New
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