Daughtry, Philip

A Grace of Shadows: Stories

Topangs Canyon, CA: Philip Daughtry, n/d. Advance Reading Copy. Softcover. A finely-wrought work of fiction — issued, rather elegantly, in chamber-emptying bursts of manly, Western prose — by Philip James Daughtry (b. 1942, a/k/a Philip Suntree), the great & greatly varied British-American poet who among many other things is a descendant of Frank & Jesse James, the quintessential Wild Western American outlaws. In our book, Starting From San Francisco (Item No. 3071), Thomas Rain Crowe (b. 1949) tells the story of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance, which he was at the center of alongside Daughtry (then known as Suntree) during the 1970s. In SFSF, Crowe relates fascinating anecdotes about Daughtry/Suntree in relation to the larger group-phenomenon. Daughtry & Crowe remain close friends & colleagues to this day, as of this writing, & we have had the privilege of knowing & befriending them both—true originals. From the archive of Thomas Rain Crowe, the legendary American poet and co-authorial founder of the Second San Francisco Renaissance. For more information on the Thomas Rain Crowe archive (assembled & curated by Third Mind Books), see our book, Starting from San Francisco: Thomas Rain Crowe in Conversation with Third Mind Books (Item No. 3071) & the catalog for the Crowe archive (Item No. 1010), which contains several excerpts and quotations from the book as well as a full listing of the archive’s contents, which are now being offered for sale individually on the Third Mind Books site. Large-format (fortified) perfect-bound softcover: a most sturdy and pragmatic Advance Reading Copy, in essence — sent, by Daughtry, to Thomas Rain Crowe — his Renaissance compatriot, & Brother-in-Art. No other information regarding place, limitation, or anything else, for that matter, is provided: reinforcing our hunch that this was probably the-ARC-before-the-ARC — something sent between and among friends; not to be circulated. To be chronicled, at all as part of American Literary History, however, comes at a price: and Philip, as a Friend of the Store, can take it up with us directly if his is a differing view. What can’t be talked out over a pint? In strong fine condition with only minute-to-moderate shelf-wear, light rubbing, & light bumping (& related light creasing) to front, back covers & spine-edge; otherwise, pristine. Fine. [Item #7547]

Price: $75.00