Mine enemy grows older : [if this jacket (the author painted it) is too strong for you, take it off. There's a conservative jacket for conservative people underneath] [The beginning of my story ; Death of a healer ; About women ; The pink tie story from Mine enemy grows older -- I choose a career ; The dead kittens from May this house be safe from tigers -- Epilogue.]

King, Alexander, 1900-1965. [back cover painting, S Lazarus; cover deisgn, Ben Feder]

Published by New York, Simon and Schuster, 1958, 1958

About this Item

375 pages 22 cm ; LC: CT275.K49; Dewey: 818.5 ; LCCN: 58-13170 ; OCLC: 527960 ; "[A] memoir of his descent into heroin addiction and consequent self-exile in a Lexington, Kentucky, drug rehab clinic." ; "Alexander King, one of the first editors of Life magazine, a collaborator on plays with Clare Booth Luce, and a book illustrator, tells, among other things, of undergoing four "cures" for drug addiction in a ten-year period." ; black and green cloth ; in disturbingly illustrated dustjacket with a mesmerizing painting by the author reproduced ; "if this jacket (the author painted it) is too strong for you, take it off. There's a conservative jacket for conservative people underneath" ; Contents: The beginning of my story ; Death of a healer ; About women ; The pink tie story from Mine enemy grows older -- I choose a career ; The dead kittens from May this house be safe from tigers -- Epilogue. ; secondary jacket (if it existed at all) is not present ; wear and tear to dustjacket ; otherwise G/FAIR.

Seller Inventory # 007020

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mine enemy grows older : [if this jacket (the author painted it) is too strong for you, take it off. There's a conservative jacket for conservative people underneath] [The beginning of my story ; Death of a healer ; About women ; The pink tie story from Mine enemy grows older -- I choose a career ; The dead kittens from May this house be safe from tigers -- Epilogue.]
• Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster, 1958
• Publication Date: 1958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Book Type: Book