Markson, David. THE BALLAD OF DINGUS MAGEE.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill, [1965]. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. The author's novelistic spoof of the cowboy western, the source for the movie that starred Frank Sinatra as the title character. Laid into this copy is a 4" x 4" snapshot of a youthful Markson and Jack Kerouac. Additionally, in an included 2001 ALS from Markson to a bookseller, he remarks: "Jack would simply appear, unannounced, from Lowell -- drunk generally ... and sleep on the couch." A fine copy in a fine dust jacket -- rarely to be so found today.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill, [1965]. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. The author's novelistic spoof of the cowboy western, the source for the movie that starred Frank Sinatra as the title character. Laid into this copy is a 4" x 4" snapshot of a youthful Markson and Jack Kerouac. Additionally, in an included 2001 ALS from Markson to a bookseller, he remarks: "Jack would simply appear, unannounced, from Lowell -- drunk generally ... and sleep on the couch." A fine copy in a fine dust jacket -- rarely to be so found today.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill, [1965]. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. The author's novelistic spoof of the cowboy western, the source for the movie that starred Frank Sinatra as the title character. Laid into this copy is a 4" x 4" snapshot of a youthful Markson and Jack Kerouac. Additionally, in an included 2001 ALS from Markson to a bookseller, he remarks: "Jack would simply appear, unannounced, from Lowell -- drunk generally ... and sleep on the couch." A fine copy in a fine dust jacket -- rarely to be so found today.