Don't Call Me By My Right Name and Other Stories
New York: The William-Frederick Press, 1956.
Price: $150.00
Softcover. First edition. Illustrated by the author. Stiff wrappers. Dampstains along the edges of the wrapers and most leaves, creases on cover, a poor copy. Inscribed by the author to fellow author: "To Mr. Gilbert Seldes with sincere wishes from James Purdy. October 19, 1956." Author's first book.
Item #602516
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