LONESOME CITIES.
by McKUEN, Rod (Rodney Marvin), 1933-2015 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Michael Joseph, (1971). First British edition. Signed by McKuen on the half-title. A collection of over forty love poems and lyrics from the Californian singer-songwriter - "The Art of Catching Trains", followed by poems for San Francisco, Paris, Venice, London, Cheyenne, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Gstaad, and two further sequences. Reportedly the best-selling poet in history at that point, with his own television show on the BBC in 1971 - "The masses ate him up with a spoon, while highbrow literary critics roasted him on a spit" (Julia Keller). Interesting now to contrast his reputation with that of his friend and frequent collaborator, Jacques Brel. Demy 8vo (22cm). [viii],(112),[vi]pp. Original fawn cloth, lettered in silver; just a little bruised; top edge spotted, but otherwise a very good copy in the David Nutter dust-jacket - the jacket a little rubbed and worn, but complete and without tears. Contemporary ownership inscription of Yvette Smith of the Wirral.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45019
- Title
- LONESOME CITIES.
- Author
- McKUEN, Rod (Rodney Marvin), 1933-2015 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Michael Joseph, (1971).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Literature, Poetry
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