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1961-1978 The Gay Place
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Description
First Edition, Proof Copy, Publishers' Original Binding
Two copies of this work, widely acclaimed as one of the best American political novels ever written.
Present here is a 1961 'advance copy for friends in the book trade', with 'first printing' to colophon, alongside the 1978 Texas Monthly Press edition.
Texas Monthly Press was a publishing imprint associated with Texas Monthly magazine, known for producing books related to Texas history, culture, politics, and notable figures.
Billy Lee ('William') Brammer's series of three interlocking novellas, published as a single work, take place in an unnamed state identical to Texas.
Each of the novellas - The Flea Circus, Room Enough to Caper and Country Pleasures - follows a different protagonist: Roy Sherwood, a member of the state legislature; Neil Christiansen, the state's junior senator; and Jay McGown, the governor's speechwriter.
Brammer won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award for the book in 1960
Condition
In the publisher's original paper wraps. Back strips a touch age toned. Texas Monthly copy bright. Spotting to Advance Copy wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.
Very Good
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