Author: Purdy, James.
Title: Mourners Below.
Description: New York: The Viking Press, (1981). (1981). - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue boards backed with a black cloth spine, titled in gilt on the spine, laid into a pictorial dust wrapper designed by Mel Brofman. The extremities of the slightly soiled dust jacket are slightly rubbed & darkened. 295 pages. Very good.

First edition.

"This reluctant flowering of an innocent in the hothouse of a small classically American town leads the reader on a fantastical journey conducted by a master of his craft. Duane will emerge, unalterably changed, but with his sapphire innocence profoundly intact." - from the dust wrapper blurb. Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; NOVEL; MOURNERS BELOW; JAMES PURDY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; GAY AUTHOR; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.

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