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Book Condition: Used Very Good/Fair
Seller: Quadrant Book Mart

United States
About Item: New York: John Day Co., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Denim-blue cloth boards with red and gold titling on spine, lightly rubbed at extremities. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. Upper page edges toned. Unclipped dustjacket is chipped along edged and front is moderately rubbed. 8vo. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: Illustrated with a short section of B&W photography. 'Carmelo Soraci grew up in the streets of New York, talented, intelligent, with the benefits of a good Italian mother and father. From early youth he showed an unusual gift for drawing and painting--and for getting into trouble. The latter was to put him in prison for most of his adult life; the former was to bring his eventual release. While serving a mandatory life sentence in Sing Sing on a fourth conviction for forging a twenty-one dollar check, he was asked by the warden if he would… Read More
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