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Black Sheep Boy: A Novel in Stories
by Pousson, Martin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1942600372
- ISBN 13
- 9781942600374
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Rare Bird Books, A Barnacle Book, 2016. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Fine hardcover first edition, first printing, SIGNED by author (association copy) with handwritten thank you card signed by author laid in; clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded black boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Inscribed and signed on title page as follows: "For Michael Koch - with great thanks and great respect - Martin P---12/16" Handwritten note to editor of magazine "Epoch" which hosted his stories. All pages and edges are clean with clean black endpapers. 186 pages. Fine dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no wear, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In a series of beautifully crafted stories, a black sheep of the family encounters gender outlaws, drag queen renegades, a rogue's gallery of priests, perverted teachers, and murderous bar owners. To escape his haunted history, the wild-hearted boy must shed his old skin and make a new self. As he does, his story rises from dark and murk to reach a new light and new brand of fairy tale..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034566
- Title
- Black Sheep Boy: A Novel in Stories
- Author
- Pousson, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1942600372
- ISBN 13
- 9781942600374
- Publisher
- Rare Bird Books, A Barnacle Book
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- MARTIN POUSSON, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LOUISIANA BAYOU, FICTION, NOVEL, STORIES, MISFITS, OUTCASTS, CAJUN COUNTRY, LITERATURE
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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