Rechy, John:
NUMBERS. - First edition
1968, ISBN: 71160b93a137ebd1c1c04930d637c60a
Paperback
[SC: 20.0], LGBT SEX, New York: Grove Press Evergreen Black Cat Edition. 1968. 256 pp. Somewhat worn. First thus. "Numbers is John Rechy's second novel. The hero is young, handsome, narci… More...
[SC: 20.0], LGBT SEX, New York: Grove Press Evergreen Black Cat Edition. 1968. 256 pp. Somewhat worn. First thus. "Numbers is John Rechy's second novel. The hero is young, handsome, narcissistic Johnny Rio who, after three years away from the "scene," is impelled, obsessively, to return to the city of Los Angeles, there to test himself anew in the arena of male love. Johnny,who is seen as an angel of dark sex, is like a retired boxer--an undefeated champion--who refuses to accept the possible ravages of time, and is led by some unfathomable force to return to combat once again. Combat, for Johnny, takes place in the dark balconies and dismal restrooms of the all-night movies in L.A. But these are only warm-up bouts; the real test, Johnny soon learns, will be in the shaded glens of a rambling park, on the outskirts of that sprawling metropolis. John RechyThrough those shadowy alcoves, as a gallery of sexhunters emerges, he sets out to discover whether he is really still handsome and desirable, whether the passage of time--as terrifying to the male hustler as to the aging dancer or ingenue--has made visible inroads on that svelte and muscular body in which he has always taken such pride. His initial forays into the all-night theaters along L.A.'s strip and through the erotic beaches and at a synthetic motel have proven to Johnny that his sexual attraction is still great. But the final proof resides in numbers. In an effort to contain the threatening anarchy, he sets himself a rigorous time-table--ten days--and goal: thirty "numbers" to prove his mettle. Through all the sexual episodes, the self indulgence which comprises. Johnny Rio's tawdry world, there resounds the universal cry of a human being's desperate need to be loved." - Soft Cell recorded a song that nicked its title from this book, a song about a man "who goes to Los Angeles and just sees how many people he can have in a weekend. It's a soundtrack of loveless sex.".<
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Rechy, John:
NUMBERS. - First edition
1968, ISBN: 71160b93a137ebd1c1c04930d637c60a
Paperback
[SC: 35.93], LGBT SEX, New York: Grove Press Evergreen Black Cat Edition. 1968. 256 pp. Somewhat worn. First thus. "Numbers is John Rechy's second novel. The hero is young, handsome, narc… More...
[SC: 35.93], LGBT SEX, New York: Grove Press Evergreen Black Cat Edition. 1968. 256 pp. Somewhat worn. First thus. "Numbers is John Rechy's second novel. The hero is young, handsome, narcissistic Johnny Rio who, after three years away from the "scene," is impelled, obsessively, to return to the city of Los Angeles, there to test himself anew in the arena of male love. Johnny,who is seen as an angel of dark sex, is like a retired boxer--an undefeated champion--who refuses to accept the possible ravages of time, and is led by some unfathomable force to return to combat once again. Combat, for Johnny, takes place in the dark balconies and dismal restrooms of the all-night movies in L.A. But these are only warm-up bouts; the real test, Johnny soon learns, will be in the shaded glens of a rambling park, on the outskirts of that sprawling metropolis. rThrough those shadowy alcoves, as a gallery of sexhunters emerges, he sets out to discover whether he is really still handsome and desirable, whether the passage of time--as terrifying to the male hustler as to the aging dancer or ingenue--has made visible inroads on that svelte and muscular body in which he has always taken such pride. His initial forays into the all-night theaters along L.A.'s strip and through the erotic beaches and at a synthetic motel have proven to Johnny that his sexual attraction is still great. But the final proof resides in numbers. In an effort to contain the threatening anarchy, he sets himself a rigorous time-table--ten days--and goal: thirty "numbers" to prove his mettle. Through all the sexual episodes, the self indulgence which comprises. Johnny Rio's tawdry world, there resounds the universal cry of a human being's desperate need to be loved." - Soft Cell recorded a song that nicked its title from this book, a song about a man "who goes to Los Angeles and just sees how many people he can have in a weekend. It's a soundtrack of loveless sex.".<
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Rechy, John:
NUMBERS. - First edition
1968, ISBN: 71160b93a137ebd1c1c04930d637c60a
Paperback
[SC: 20.0], LGBT SEX, New York: Grove Press Evergreen Black Cat Edition. 1968. 256 pp. Somewhat worn. First thus. "Numbers is John Rechy's second novel. The hero is young, handsome, narci… More...
[SC: 20.0], LGBT SEX, New York: Grove Press Evergreen Black Cat Edition. 1968. 256 pp. Somewhat worn. First thus. "Numbers is John Rechy's second novel. The hero is young, handsome, narcissistic Johnny Rio who, after three years away from the "scene," is impelled, obsessively, to return to the city of Los Angeles, there to test himself anew in the arena of male love. Johnny,who is seen as an angel of dark sex, is like a retired boxer--an undefeated champion--who refuses to accept the possible ravages of time, and is led by some unfathomable force to return to combat once again. Combat, for Johnny, takes place in the dark balconies and dismal restrooms of the all-night movies in L.A. But these are only warm-up bouts; the real test, Johnny soon learns, will be in the shaded glens of a rambling park, on the outskirts of that sprawling metropolis. rThrough those shadowy alcoves, as a gallery of sexhunters emerges, he sets out to discover whether he is really still handsome and desirable, whether the passage of time--as terrifying to the male hustler as to the aging dancer or ingenue--has made visible inroads on that svelte and muscular body in which he has always taken such pride. His initial forays into the all-night theaters along L.A.'s strip and through the erotic beaches and at a synthetic motel have proven to Johnny that his sexual attraction is still great. But the final proof resides in numbers. In an effort to contain the threatening anarchy, he sets himself a rigorous time-table--ten days--and goal: thirty "numbers" to prove his mettle. Through all the sexual episodes, the self indulgence which comprises. Johnny Rio's tawdry world, there resounds the universal cry of a human being's desperate need to be loved." - Soft Cell recorded a song that nicked its title from this book, a song about a man "who goes to Los Angeles and just sees how many people he can have in a weekend. It's a soundtrack of loveless sex.".<
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John Rechy:
Numbers - used book
1967, ISBN: 71160b93a137ebd1c1c04930d637c60a
Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. No notable shelf-wear to the book. Some light edge-wear to the jacket. Jacket photo by Mark Gibson. 'Through those shadowy alcoves,' reads t… More...
Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. No notable shelf-wear to the book. Some light edge-wear to the jacket. Jacket photo by Mark Gibson. 'Through those shadowy alcoves,' reads the jacket copy of this quantity-focused tale of sexual conquest, 'as a gallery of sexhunters emerges, [Johnny Rio] sets out to discover whether he is really still handsome and desirable.' To avoid the legal troubles still common for publishers in the late 1960s, Grove Press encouraged simple, non-incendiary designs for potentially controversial titles, as seen here in designer Roy Kuhlman's stark tempering of a staticky come-hither portrait of Rechy by tricolored all-business type (the publisher would soon buck the trend with its Evergreen Black Cat edition of the novel, featuring a nude male model photographed by Jean-François Bauret). Another depiction of Rechy graces the back flap, this one by longtime Christopher Isherwood companion, artist Don Bachardy, who met the Goodbye to Berlin author on Valentine's Day in 1953 and still resides in the pair's Santa Monica home. 256 pp., Grove Press, 1967, 3<
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Rechy, John:
Numbers - First edition
1967, ISBN: 71160b93a137ebd1c1c04930d637c60a
Hardcover
Near Fine, [SC: 32.86], [PU: Grove Press, Inc. [1967], New York], Jacket, 8vo. [8], 9-256 pp. Brown cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $5.00 on front flap of jacket. A nice… More...
Near Fine, [SC: 32.86], [PU: Grove Press, Inc. [1967], New York], Jacket, 8vo. [8], 9-256 pp. Brown cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $5.00 on front flap of jacket. A nice copy of Rechy's second novel. A Near Fine book with a tiny bump to the bottom textblock in a like dust jacket with a tiny tear to the rear panel.<
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