Armadillos & Old Lace
by Friedman, Kinky
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 067186923X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671869236
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1st printing of 1st edition; inscribed by author. Very Good hardcover in Near Fine DJ. Green boards backed with purple cloth, gilt titles on spine. Bright, clean covers and spine; covers are very slightly bowed as from weight upon book; tightly bound; inscribed on title page 'for Kate - | "May the best of the | past | Be the worst of the | future" | Kinky Friedman | 9/7/94'; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete; lightly scuffed. Inscription was to Kate Mattes, owner of a prominent Boston area bookstore. This is a new unread book that has shuffled around the shelves. Publisher's review copy matter laid in. 8vo, 236 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18918
- Title
- Armadillos & Old Lace
- Author
- Friedman, Kinky
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 067186923X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671869236
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
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About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- New
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...