Narrow Rooms
Arbor House, 1978.
8vo, black quarter cloth over green papered boards, orange titles, 185pp. First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (8.95) toned to panels, faintly visible damp stain present to front panel. Advance review copy with author photo and two press release sheets. Contents clean, binding crisp and sharp. Purdy’s transgressive novel of four boys in rural West Virginia, subject of a thwarted film adaptation by Derek Jarman. A nearly fine copy in mylar.
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Price: $65.00
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