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The Stately Homo: A Celebration Of The Life Of Quentin Crisp (SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY EDITOR, PAUL BAILEY)
by Bailey, Paul (Editor)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0593046773
- ISBN 13
- 9780593046777
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bantam Press, 2000. Fine/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EDITOR, PAUL BAILEY. Inscription reads, 'for Jane /with love from/Paul/October 2000'. Illustrated with photographs. 'You are a male person, I presume?' sneered the clerk of the court when Quentin Crisp was brought to trial on a charge of soliciting. Crisp successfully defended himself by arguing that if he had wanted to engage in clandestine sexhe would hardly have set out to make himself so conspicuous. 'The Stately Homo' presents a multifaceted portrait of this unique, and uniquely amusing, character, with contributions from friends, admirers and critics. With contributions from Andrew Barrow, Clive Fisher, Ronald Harwood, Simon Hattenstone, Philip Hensher, John Hurt, James Kirkup, Adam Mars-Jones, George Melly, Patrick O'Connor, Harold Pinter, Paul Robinson. A fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY EDITION, PAUL BAILEY. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Presentation Copy Inscribed & Signed. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19901
- Title
- The Stately Homo: A Celebration Of The Life Of Quentin Crisp (SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY EDITOR, PAUL BAILEY)
- Author
- Bailey, Paul (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0593046773
- ISBN 13
- 9780593046777
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Quentin Crisp. Biography. Homosexual Men. Clive Fisher. George Melly. Ronald Harwood. Harold Pinter. Patrick O'Connor. James Kirkup. Paul Robinson. Andrew Burrow. John Hurt. Philip Hensher. Julian Clary. Tom Steele. Adam Mars-Jones. Larry Ashmead. Sim
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Greystone Books
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About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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- Price Clipped
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- Crisp
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