Mathis Dovie (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Collects literary works and stories of Death Row inmates. Spine lightly creased, but binding remains sound. Moderate corner/edge-wear; rubbing and creasing to wraps; toning primarily to rear, with small spot of soil. Interior is free of markings save previous owner name inside front cover and in marker on text block fore-edge. Faint musty odor detected. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Octavo in illus self-wrappers and black endpapers; 242p; illustrations; 23cm. Uncommon. Pb. "In the midst of poetry I encountered Death Row. While editing the San Francisco Oracle I was introduced to Jack Rainsberger, Death Row, Nevada State Prison, via a mutual friend. Four years later, the intense interface of two beings on either side of Life Row has grown to become this book. There are the affirmations of life that deep introspection and contemplation have brought forth. They are the writings of men who know best what the taking of life can mean. They are the sunds of the spirit struggling to make it back to the surface. They are the healing chants, prayers, expergations, confessions, exorcisms, percolations, ego tales, fantasies and love songs of the condemned. They are part of us all."--Stephen Levine (editor) // Compiled and Edited by Stephen Levine. With the Assistance of Dovie C. Mathis, A-84403, Death Row, San Quentin [;] and the Inspiration of Jack Rainsberger, A7588, Death Row, Nevada State Prison; Includes 'Trial by Ordeal' by Caryl Chessman. Very good (+) to near fine (-); sharp crisp copy with a bit of foxing mostly to top edge; pages are clean, and binding tight; some slight edgewear to wraps and superficial reading creases to spine First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited).