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Gerard Malanga (Author). Three Diamonds. Black Sparrow Pr; First edition. (October 1, 1991), 1991.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ISBN 0876858388. Hardback. #22 out of a signed and numbered edition of 125 copies. Signed by author. Very Good to Near Fine condition. Tight bright unmarked copy with slight edgewear in clear glassine dustjacket
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Malanga, Gerard. Three Diamonds (Signed). Black Sparrow Pr, 1991.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black Sparrow Pr June 1991 Binding: Hardcover 21 OF 125 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Malanga, Gerard. Three Diamond. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1991.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Fine hardcover in Fine acetate jacket. Signed issue; #29/125 numbered copies signed by author.
Seller: Pulpfiction Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
MALANGA, Gerard. Three Diamonds [Limited Edition, Signed]. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1991.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Issue, one of 125 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.107. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and olive green cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 216,[4]pp. Light wear to upper and lower board edges, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Collection of poems and photographs by the New York poet, photographer, and Warhol Factory intimate.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Gerard Malanga. Three Diamonds (Signed, Numbered copy). Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1991.
Price: US$58.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: hard cover in clear dust jacket, as issued. cloth-backed paper-covered boards with paper label affixed to spine., along fore-edge of text-block, 30 pages near middle were trimmed 1/16" short, little enough to have no effect to text. very minor indications of rubbing to spots on board edges. no other flaws. clean. no markings or writing. no bumps. tight binding.; signed by the author and numbered 10 from the 125 thus printed.; 216pp., b/w photographs by the author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: art longwood books, Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.
Malanga, Gerard. Three Diamonds. SIGNED by author. Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, 1991.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Deep olive suede spine w/ lightly edge-rubbed pictorial bds. Original heavy acetate protector. With Malanga's b/w photos plus photo of Malanga by Joseph Coplan. Collectible condition. 216 p.
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
MALANGA, Gerard. Three Diamonds. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1991.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Reproducing photographs by Gerard Malanga. 216pp. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. From the library of poet David Ignatow with his label mounted inside front wrapper. Inscribed, and signed, by Gerard Malanga, to David Ignatow, in year of publication "Dear David, Cocteau remarked somewhere 'True realism consists in showing the surprising things that custom conceals under a dust jacket and prevents me from seeing.' I hope what is seen and read here will be a 'surprise' to you. As ever, Gerard. 25:ix:91" (on the leaf opposite the title page, with Malanga's rubberstamp beneath: "Photographer Unknown").
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Malanga, Gerard. Three Diamonds (Signed Lettered Edition). Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1991.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Specially decorated cloth spine over boards. 216 pp. Illustrated with photographs. A near fine example in clear acetate wrapper. This is Letter F of 26 specially bound copies SIGNED by Malanga and with an original SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH by Malanga held in a clear plastic envelope attached to the inside front pastedown.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, each with an original signed photograph housed in a clear plastic compartment mounted to front pastedown (this being copy 'W'). Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 216,[4]pp. Light wear to board edges, else Fine in a Near Fine, lightly rubbed dustjacket. Collection of poems and photographs by the New York poet, photographer, and Warhol Factory intimate.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.