Nick. King Ink.

by CAVE

£200 · 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]; spine of wrapper a little rubbed at edges and a touch faded; otherwise near 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: 2121810

• Binding: Hardcover

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