Instant Lives
New York: Saturday Review Press / E. P. Dutton, 1974. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated), a virtually flawless copy of this amusing collaboration. Publisher's oatmeal colored quarter-cloth over orange paper-covered boards, spine lettered in orange; dust jacket designed by Edward Gorey. Apparently a review copy, with price ($5.95) and date of publication (5/74) stamped on front fly-leaf. Toledano B58b. As New / As New. Item #BB0112
Riffs on the lives of famous composers, painters, poets, and performers, including Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde, Beethoven, and Chopin. Howard Moss was poetry editor of the New Yorker for almost forty years. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
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