Book #53088

Mourners Below - 1st Edition/1st Printing

James Purdy
Book #53088 Mourners Below - 1st Edition/1st Printing. James Purdy.
Mourners Below - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Mourners Below - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Good+ in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Viking Press, 1981.

A Good+ first printing of the first edition with heavy soiling to page edges and little shelfwear around the spine edges housed in a Fine dust-jacket, signed and inscribed by author James Purdy on the title page. There is some inking on the half-title page.

Duane Benjamin Bledsoe is dealing with the passing of his brothers in war. Living with his father Eugene and the housekeeper, his life is forever changed by Estelle Dumont who invites him to a dress ball, intent on seducing yet another Bledsoe ; 8vo; 295 pages; Signed by Author.

Price: $50.00

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