The Street of Stairs

Small 8vo. First edition. SIGNED by the author to ffe with a meaningful and personal inscription: ‘for Mark, the tale of another Mark. Ron Tavel’. [Referring to the main character of this novel, also called Mark.] Publisher’s orange-brown boards with gilt titles and decorative borders. Gilt rubbed; spine faded. In very good dust jacket: somewhat rubbed and faded in places with chipping to edges and minor loss. *** First edition of Ronald Tavel’s controversial novel set in Tangier: ‘a pederastic and polyphonic novel that follows the life of Mark, an expatriate in Tangier, Morocco, who falls in love with Hamid, a thief’. Ronald Tavel (1936-2009) is best known for his work with Andy Warhol. He wrote the screenplays for several of Warhol’s films, including Chelsea Girl.