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Desperate Characters : A Novella in Verse and Other Poems
Language: English
Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1988
ISBN 10: 0670823996 ISBN 13: 9780670823994
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Desperate Characters : A Novella in Verse and Other Poems
Language: English
Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1988
ISBN 10: 0670823996 ISBN 13: 9780670823994
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some edge wear to the wraps with a slight curl to the front side edge. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy.
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse and Other Poems
Seller: Murphy-Brookfield Books, Iowa City SE, IA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. bumped corner.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse and Other Poems
First Edition
hardcover. 1st. 8vo, 99 pp., Light spotting to the top edge of the text block Nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket.
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Desperate Characters
Language: English
Published by Viking, New York, NY, 1988
ISBN 10: 0670823996 ISBN 13: 9780670823994
First Edition
Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 112 p. Audience: General/trade. clean and tight, jacket minor shelf wear, price sticker on the front cover. not price clipped first edition. Very good in very good dust jacket.
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Desperate Characters
Language: English
Published by Viking, New York, NY, 1988
ISBN 10: 0670823996 ISBN 13: 9780670823994
First Edition
Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 112 p. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket.
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paperback. Condition: Good. Good. Used with wear but is still in solid reading condition. NO markings to text. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1988. September 1988. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670823996. 99 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Geoffrey Gove. keywords: American Literature Poetry. DESCRIPTION - The jazzy, 70-page novelette-in-verse that comprises this book's title poem will strike some readers as deliciously chic, while others may find it an insipid joke that quickly palls. Transported to Hollywood, the anonymous narrator gets mixed up with Stella, hostess-cum-bodyguard who packs a revolver under her pink kimono, and with her ex-boyfriend, bighearted circus performer Rocco the Human Cannonball, fond of spinach and Charlie Parker saxophone riffs. Featuring a flimsy, ridiculous plot, bizarre characters, frenzied sex and the ever-present buzz of Los Angeles, this verse narrative burlesques Raymond Chandler's detective fiction, surrealist novels and classical odes. The language occasionally rises to beautiful heights, but the story is ultimately pointless. The remainder of the volume contains 14 shorter verses by a poet (A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF BUTTERFLIES ) whose whimsical mix of fantasy and observation reflects an esthetic, distanced approach to life, whether he is observing Bowery bums or a jet-setter. - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. inventory #30271.
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Desperate Characters
Language: English
Published by Viking, New York, NY, 1988
ISBN 10: 0670823996 ISBN 13: 9780670823994
First Edition
Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 112 p. Audience: General/trade. near fine in a very good plus jacket, not price clipped first edition. Very good in very good dust jacket.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella In Verse & Other Poems
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. [New York]: Viking 1988. First Edition. 99 pages. Near Fine copy with a remainder mark to the fore-edge in Near Fine Dust Wrapper. See Photos clph.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse and Other Poems
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
Language: English
Published by Viking Press, New York, 1988
ISBN 10: 0670823996 ISBN 13: 9780670823994
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ILAB MWABA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 99 pages. A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine dust jacket with a small faint shadow to the verso from an old dust jacket protector.
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Desperate Characters
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. NEW YORK: Viking, 19884. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine/Fine. A clean tight copy. Remainder mark side pages.
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DESPERATE CHARACTERS: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems.
Published by (New York): Viking, (1988). (1988)., 1988
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Condition: Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is very lightly rubbed. xi & 99 pages. Near fine. First edition.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good w/ minute corner creasing.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
Seller: Garys Books-Log Cabin Books, Apache Junction, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. REVIEW COPY with slip, publishers material and photo. Author of THE SOLOLIST. Signed by Author(s).
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Desperate Characters
Published by Viking, 1988, 1988
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
First edition Fine and bright in very close to fine dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Short remainder line. Lovely and bright throughout.
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DESPERATE CHARACTERS, A NOVELLA IN VERSE & OTHER POEMS
Published by Viking, [New York], 1998
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, (iii), 99 pages. First edition, unrevised and unpublished proofs. Fine in printed wrappers.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1988. September 1988. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670823996. 99 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Geoffrey Gove. keywords: American Literature Poetry. DESCRIPTION - The jazzy, 70-page novelette-in-verse that comprises this book's title poem will strike some readers as deliciously chic, while others may find it an insipid joke that quickly palls. Transported to Hollywood, the anonymous narrator gets mixed up with Stella, hostess-cum-bodyguard who packs a revolver under her pink kimono, and with her ex-boyfriend, bighearted circus performer Rocco the Human Cannonball, fond of spinach and Charlie Parker saxophone riffs. Featuring a flimsy, ridiculous plot, bizarre characters, frenzied sex and the ever-present buzz of Los Angeles, this verse narrative burlesques Raymond Chandler's detective fiction, surrealist novels and classical odes. The language occasionally rises to beautiful heights, but the story is ultimately pointless. The remainder of the volume contains 14 shorter verses by a poet (A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF BUTTERFLIES ) whose whimsical mix of fantasy and observation reflects an esthetic, distanced approach to life, whether he is observing Bowery bums or a jet-setter. - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. inventory #23632.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
Published by Viking, (New York), 1988
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ESA ILAB IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Blue wrappers. Removed first page, a tear on the spine, and a shadow from sticker removal on the front wrapper thus very good.
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DESPERATE CHARACTERS, A NOVELLA IN VERSE & OTHER POEMS
Published by Viking, [New York], 1998
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xi, 99 pages. First edition. Blurbs by Jim Carroll, James Merrill, Anthony Hecht, Madison Smartt Bell, Howard Moss. Mark on the fore-edge, otherwise fine in dust jacket. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
Published by Viking, (New York), 1988
ISBN 10: 0670823996 ISBN 13: 9780670823994
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ESA ILAB IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. 99pp. Remainder mark, near fine in fine dustwrapper.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
Published by Viking, (New York), 1988
ISBN 10: 0670823996 ISBN 13: 9780670823994
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ESA ILAB IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 99pp. Remainder mark, near fine in near fine dustwrapper with spine faded.
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DESPERATE CHARACTERS: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
Published by Viking, New York, 1988
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ILAB IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in plain blue wrappers, with a page of blurbs (which appear on the back panel of the hardcover) inserted. Tail of spine has a 3/4 " tear, and the sheet of blurbs was once stapled to the FFEP, and staple marks show through to the title page. Still a clean and tight copy.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse and Other Poems
Published by Viking, (New York), 1988
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ESA ILAB IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Blue wrappers. Slight toning else near fine.
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Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems.
Published by NY: Viking (1988)., 1988
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition
First edition. 99 pp. Lower corners lightly bumped, else near fine in near fine dust jacket.
