An Oyster Is a Wealthy Beast
San Francisco: Black Sparrow Press, (1967).
Price: $250.00
Hardcover. First edition. Oblong octavo. Printed paper over boards. A small rust spot on the front board, else about fine. Copy number 32 of 50 numbered copies Signed and hand-illustrated (apparently with a drawing of an oyster) by the author.
Item #352841
James Purdy
birth name: James Otis Purdy
born: 7/17/1923
died: 3/13/2009
Biography
American novelist and short-story writer whose works present a vision of human alienation, indifference, and cruelty. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore