THE EMPIRE OF SUMMER

by M. R. Doty, Mark Doty

$400 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books · No longer available

First edition · Signed

Birmingham: Thunder City, 1979. First edition. Printed wrappers; small 8vo. 56 pp. Mark Doty's scarce third book, one of 300 copies, and the last published with his ex-wife Ruth as M. R. Doty; his first book under his own name came six years later. Signed by Mark Doty on the title page. Wrappers rubbed, some creasing to extremities, foxing/soiling to inside of wrappers and facing pages; text pages

• Binding: Wrappers

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