Nick. King Ink.

by CAVE

£250 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

CAVE, Nick. King Ink. London: Black Spring Press. 1988. Small 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, in dustwrapper; pp. [vi], 158, [iv]; minimal rubbing to wrapper; else fine. First edition. King Ink is Nick Cave’s first published book, a collection of lyrics, prose fragments, and dream narratives, documenting the formative years of his career from The Birthday Party through the early period of The Bad Seeds . By turns violent, poetic, and darkly comic, King Ink establishes the fascination with religion and eroticism that would come to define Cave’s later literary and musical work. SKU: 2121696

• Binding: Hardcover

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