SELBY, Hubert, Jr. Last Exit to Brooklyn. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 2037 - Summer Reading
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Jun 25, 2024
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Jul 16, 2024
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Lot Description
SELBY, Hubert, Jr. (1928-2004). Last Exit to Brooklyn. New York: Grove Press, 1964.
8vo. Original cloth-backed boards (two small stains on text block fore-edge); dust jacket (tiny spot of adhesive residue on front panel).
FIRST EDITION of Selby's novel, divided into 6 parts that can be read separately, takes a harsh look at lower-class Brooklyn in the 1950s. It was adapted to film in 1989.
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