The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp
CRISP, Quentin. The Naked Civil Servant. London, Jonathan Cape, 1968.
Frist edition, a rare presentation copy, of the autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp.
Quentin Crisp, born Denis Charles Pratt, was an English writer, illustrator, artist’s model, actor, and raconteur, best-known for his eccentric wit. In this memoir, he shares his journey from a middle-class upbringing to a vibrant youth in London. Following its publication, he became a gay icon for his bold defiance of societal norms and refusal to remain in the closet.
Octavo, pp. 217, [1 (blank)]; very good; publisher’s purple cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, with the original photographic dust-jacket (some toning to spine and edges, jacket with a few nicks to edges), authorial inscription to front flyleaf ‘To Miss Rudd…’.
CRISP, Quentin. The Naked Civil Servant. London, Jonathan Cape, 1968.
Frist edition, a rare presentation copy, of the autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp.
Quentin Crisp, born Denis Charles Pratt, was an English writer, illustrator, artist’s model, actor, and raconteur, best-known for his eccentric wit. In this memoir, he shares his journey from a middle-class upbringing to a vibrant youth in London. Following its publication, he became a gay icon for his bold defiance of societal norms and refusal to remain in the closet.
Octavo, pp. 217, [1 (blank)]; very good; publisher’s purple cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, with the original photographic dust-jacket (some toning to spine and edges, jacket with a few nicks to edges), authorial inscription to front flyleaf ‘To Miss Rudd…’.
CRISP, Quentin. The Naked Civil Servant. London, Jonathan Cape, 1968.
Frist edition, a rare presentation copy, of the autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp.
Quentin Crisp, born Denis Charles Pratt, was an English writer, illustrator, artist’s model, actor, and raconteur, best-known for his eccentric wit. In this memoir, he shares his journey from a middle-class upbringing to a vibrant youth in London. Following its publication, he became a gay icon for his bold defiance of societal norms and refusal to remain in the closet.
Octavo, pp. 217, [1 (blank)]; very good; publisher’s purple cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, with the original photographic dust-jacket (some toning to spine and edges, jacket with a few nicks to edges), authorial inscription to front flyleaf ‘To Miss Rudd…’.