WHEN TIME WAS BORN

Language: English

Published by THE SMITH, 1988

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(3) + 6 - 64 PAGES. THIS IS JAMES T. FARRELL'S "PROSE POEM" AS HE CALLED IT, ABOUT GENESIS OR WHEN HUMANKIND WAS BORN WITH THE CREATION OF ADAM AND EVE. THIS BOOK IS NUMBER 36 OF A LIMITED EDITION WITH A GLASSINE WRAPPER. THE BOOK IS BOLDLY SIGNED IN INK "JAMES T. FARRELL" ON THE TITLE PAGE THERE ARE 14 UNUSUAL LINE DRAWINGS OF ADAM AND EVE AND CREATION BY ARTIST STEPHEN DWOSKIN. THE BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION WITHOUT DEFECTS AND WAS PRODUCED IN THIS LIMITED EDITION AS WELL AS IN A TRADE EDITION THAT HAS A REGULAR DUST JACKET. THE BOOK PRODUCTION WAS WITH FARRELL'S NEWEST PUBLISHER "THE SMITH" BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE HORIZON PRESS. IN THE INTRODUCTION, FARRELL STATES THAT THE TALE WAS WRITTEN IN ABOUT 20 CONSECUTIVE HOURS IN 1959. THE ESSAY WAS INITIALLY PUBLISHED IN "THE AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR" IN THE SUMMER/FALL ISSUE OF 1961 WITH THE TITLE "PROSE POEM." IN FARRELL'S "INTRODUCTION" TO "WHEN TIME WAS BORN." ONE CAN DETECT FARRELL'S GROWING DISSATISFACTION ABOUT THE CRITICISM OF HIS CONTINUING WORK FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THE "STUDS LONIGAN" TRILOGY. Size: 5 3/4" X 8 11/16".

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Title
WHEN TIME WAS BORN
Author
JAMES T. FARRELL
Publisher
THE SMITH
Publication year
1988
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
POOR CONDITION
Signed
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
FIRST LIMITED EDITION.
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CHICAGO AUTHOR, FARRELL, FARRELL A

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Aah! Rare Chicago specializes in collections of Chicago authors such as David Mamet, Ben Hecht, Vincent Starrett,James T. Farrell, Eugene Field, George Ade, Studs Terkel and many others along with collections of Chicago Publishers such as Stone and Kimball and Way and Willams. We have hundreds of books about Chicago dating back to the early 1800s including Crime, Prostitution, Banking, Mayors, Architecture, Newspapers, Sports, the 1968 Democratic convention riots including posters and the subsequent conspiracy trial, Prefire imprints and Business. Much of the material is very difficult to find material such as in early in magazines and other ephemera.

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