"Rarely Pure Memoirs Of A Young Man In Search Of Sex" 1952 STOKES, Sewell (SOLD) Vogue is at once an hilarious

is at once an hilarious satire of literary life at the turn of the century — or at any time

and sculpture

Details the life and work of the American kinetic sculptor George Rickey

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"Rarely Pure Memoirs Of A Young Man In Search Of Sex" 1952 STOKES, Sewell (SOLD) Vogue is at once an hilariousSTOKES, Sewell[255] pp. Peter Davies19528" x 5 1 2" VG VG The title of Stokes's memoir, Rarely Pure, published in 1952, was taken from the line "The truth is rarely pure and never simple" spoken by character Algernon Moncrieff in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest. The memoir is subtitled "The Memoirs of a Young Man in Search of Sex".