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Prior Convictions: Stories from the Sixties
by Hickey, Dave
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- ISBN 10
- 0870742868
- ISBN 13
- 9780870742866
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About This Item
Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1989. First edition. 8vo, 185pp. Signed and inscribed to the former owner by Hickey on the half title page. Publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, corners lightly bumped, in illustrated jacket that shows mild edge wear. Near fine.
Collection of short fiction from the important art critic and writer from Texas, Dave Hickey (1938-2021). Hickey wrote for Rolling Stone, Harper's Magazine, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and many other major publications. His essays argued against academic art and any divergence between high and low culture.
Collection of short fiction from the important art critic and writer from Texas, Dave Hickey (1938-2021). Hickey wrote for Rolling Stone, Harper's Magazine, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and many other major publications. His essays argued against academic art and any divergence between high and low culture.
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- 5550
- Title
- Prior Convictions: Stories from the Sixties
- Author
- Hickey, Dave
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, 185pp. Signed and inscribed to the former owner by Hickey on the half title page. Publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0870742868
- ISBN 13
- 9780870742866
- Publisher
- Southern Methodist University Press
- Place of Publication
- Dallas
- Date Published
- 1989
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