Hustlers, Beats, and Others
Polsky, Ned. Anchor Books, 1969. Softbound. Polsky, known for his refusal to pay taxes in protest against the Vietnam War, his ability to memorize excerpts from Finnegans Wake, his pool-playing skills, and his post-retirement career as an antiquarian bookseller, here offers an unconventional sociological study. This edition features a cover by Push Pin Studios–incubated powerhouse Richard Mantel, who alters a vivid and deceptively simple photograph with diagrammatic overlays and an eight ball that's equal parts thumb-smudge and seraph.
Tight, square, uncreased spine. A few very unobtrusive markings to the interior. Light edge-wear and a bumped corner which has caused some subtle creasing to the first ~100 pages. 220 pp. Mass-Market Paperbacks.
