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Additional authors

1. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
2. Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998
3. New Directions Publishing, publisher.
4. James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Description

1. 244 pages; 21 cm

Summary

1. 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

1. New Directions paperbook ; NDP368

Subject

1. Revolutionaries > United States > Fiction
2. Revolutionaries
3. United States

Genre/Form

1. Fiction.
2. Novels.
3. Dust jackets – New York (State) – New York – 1974.

Call number

1. Berg Coll 22-762

Note

1. "A New Directions book" -- title page.
2. "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.

Indexed in (note)

1. Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Provenance (note)

1. inscribed "February 15, 1975. For Leila and Daniel, with great pleasure in their company, Coleman" in ink, on half title.

Binding (note)

1. bound in publishers' red cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston.
2. bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Gertrude Huston.

Author

1. Dowell, Coleman, author.

Title

1. Mrs. October was here / Coleman Dowell.

Publisher

1. New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1974.

Copyright date

1. ©1974

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. New Directions paperbook ; NDP368

Indexed in:

1. Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 84

Provenance

1. 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

1. Copy in Berg Coll 22-762 bound in publishers' red cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston. NN
2. Copies in Berg Coll 22-763 and 22-764 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Gertrude Huston. NN

Local note

1. Copies in Berg Coll 22-762, 22-763 and 22-764 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Added author

1. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
2. Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998, cover designer, bookjacket designer.
3. New Directions Publishing, publisher.
4. Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
5. Javitch, Daniel, donor.
6. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
7. James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

LCCN

1. 73089479

ISBN

1. 0811205185
2. 9780811205184
3. 0811205193 (pbk.)
4. 9780811205191 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. Berg Coll 22-762
2. Berg Coll 22-763
3. Berg Coll 22-764
4. JFD 74-6649