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Mrs. October was here
- Title
- Mrs. October was here / Coleman Dowell.
- Author
- Dowell, Coleman
- Publication
- New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1974.
- ©1974
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 74-6649 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Restricted use | Berg Coll 22-764 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Restricted use | Berg Coll 22-763 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Restricted use | Berg Coll 22-762 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
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- Description
- 244 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- Mrs. Septimus October, a lady of vast wealth whose hobby is revolution descends with her mysterious entourage to stage her great experimen--one aimed at ridding the world of hatred by focusing it on one single individual and destroying him. Her strange cadre of agents grows amid surprising, even sinister circumstances. Her bright and terrible revolution, however, takes a turn she had not anticipated, and the novel reveals itself as a ferocious, many-leveled fable.
- Series Statement
- New Directions paperbook ; NDP368
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Dust jackets – New York (State) – New York – 1974.
- Note
- "A New Directions book" -- title page.
- "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.
- Indexed In (note)
- Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
- Provenance (note)
- inscribed "February 15, 1975. For Leila and Daniel, with great pleasure in their company, Coleman" in ink, on half title.
- Binding (note)
- bound in publishers' red cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston.
- bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Gertrude Huston.
- Call Number
- Berg Coll 22-762
- ISBN
- 0811205185
- 9780811205184
- 0811205193
- 9780811205191
- LCCN
- 73089479
- OCLC
- 940415
- Author
- Dowell, Coleman, author.
- Title
- Mrs. October was here / Coleman Dowell.
- Publisher
- New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1974.
- Copyright Date
- ©1974
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New Directions paperbook ; NDP368
- Indexed In:
- Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 84
- Provenance
- Copy in Berg Coll 22-763 inscribed "February 15, 1975. For Leila and Daniel, with great pleasure in their company, Coleman" in ink, on half title. NN
- Binding
- Copy in Berg Coll 22-762 bound in publishers' red cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston. NNCopies in Berg Coll 22-763 and 22-764 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Gertrude Huston. NN
- Local Note
- Copies in Berg Coll 22-762, 22-763 and 22-764 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
- Added Author
- Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998, cover designer, bookjacket designer.New Directions Publishing, publisher.Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.Javitch, Daniel, donor.Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll 22-762Berg Coll 22-763Berg Coll 22-764JFD 74-6649