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Out of sickness
- Title
- Out of sickness / by John Paignton.
- Author
- Paignton, John.
- Publication
- London : N. Woodbury Ltd., 1950.
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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 | Permit needed | Berg Coll Paignton O98 1950 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Barrington, John S.
- Description
- 267 p.; 20 cm.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dust jackets.
- Note
- Dust jacket illustration, signed by Barrington ("J.S.B. '50") shows nude man and woman lying together before a tea service on sun deck extending from brick domicile.
- First and only edition of this autobiographical novel of a failed heterosexual gigolo turned homosexual hustler, set during the Blitz.
- "The author spent ten years living this novel, and five years writing it"--From front flap of dust jacket.
- Out of Sickness was the only novel published by Neville Woodbury Limited. Among the firms' other few titles was an illustrated work by Barrington, published under his own name, called Art and Anatomy, and Neville Woodbury's own A Guide to Designing Windows, advertised on the back of the Out of Sickness dust jacket.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- "John Paignton" was the pseudonym of John S. Barrington. Out of Sickness is his only novel. In the late 1950s he became better known as the self-publisher, editor, and photographer-in-chief of homoerotic magazines such as Manifique!
- Binding (note)
- Publisher's binding of red cloth, with author's name, title, and publisher's name black-stamped on spine, and with gray illustrated dust jacket with title and author's name letter in black on front wrapper and on spine.
- Call Number
- Berg Coll Paignton O98 1950
- OCLC
- 12774971
- Author
- Paignton, John.
- Title
- Out of sickness / by John Paignton.
- Imprint
- London : N. Woodbury Ltd., 1950.
- Access
- Restricted access; request permission from holding division.
- Biography
- "John Paignton" was the pseudonym of John S. Barrington. Out of Sickness is his only novel. In the late 1950s he became better known as the self-publisher, editor, and photographer-in-chief of homoerotic magazines such as Manifique!
- Binding
- Publisher's binding of red cloth, with author's name, title, and publisher's name black-stamped on spine, and with gray illustrated dust jacket with title and author's name letter in black on front wrapper and on spine.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Barrington, John S. Cover designer. Author
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll Paignton O98 1950