Rechy, John

This Day's Death

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. "...Jim Girard, the main character of John Rechy's new novel, sees his life wrested free of his control and left to channel off into the twin nightmares of hovering death and silent injustice that border his life. To one side is his aged mother, with whom he lives in Texas, sharing with her the twilight existence of chronic undefined illness; an illness Jim comes to view as a "war" between mother and child, complete with skirmishes based on the fear of lost love and death. On the other side stands a trial in Los Angeles on a charge that exposes Jim to the depths and intricacies of society's twisted conceptions of justice and privacy." (from front & rear flaps) The third novel by John Rechy, the award-winning American novelist, memoirist & critic who pioneered writing on LGBT themes & characters. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, first edition, first printing as stated on copyright page. An exemplary production of Barney Rosset's brave & innovative Grove Press. An important collectible in the prolific Rechy oeuvre, in its rarest original version. Book in very fine condition with only a touch of wear & fading to edges & corners of front, back covers & spine; mild rubbing & occasional light spotting to upper edge of text block; only a bit of rubbing to side edge of same; very light rubbing & a few short, shallow scratches at lower edge of same. Interior very fine with only a few tiny spots to blank paste-downs & endpapers; otherwise virtually mint. Dust jacket fine with very light rubbing & occasional spotting to front, back covers, spine & flaps; very light wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at thin edges & corners of same esp. spine-edges & corners incl. miniscule loss of black paper surface; small area of black background near upper right edge/ corner of front cover with what appears to be removed-sticker residue incl. a few tiny spots with loss of black color, extending very slightly & not effecting legibility of last title letter "h." Very Fine / Fine. [Item #4474]

Price: $60.00